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19 Sept 2024 · 3:26 PM · Division 15

Australian Human Rights Commission Amendment (Costs Protection) Bill 2023

Committee of the Whole - Small business
Official title
Australian Human Rights Commission Amendment (Costs Protection) Bill 2023 - Committee of the Whole - Small business

Noes in the majority

This says only which side won the vote, because what Aye and No meant here depends on the exact question put in the chamber.

Aye
26
No
30
Not recorded voting
20

“Not recorded voting” is everyone eligible who isn't recorded as Aye or No, for example absent, paired, or presiding.

What was decided

The majority voted against amendments introduced by ACT Senator David Pocock (Independent), which means they failed.

Amendment text

(1) Schedule 1, item 3, page 4 (after line 15), at the end of subsection 46PSA(6), add:

; or (d) the other party is a small business.

(2) Schedule 1, item 3, page 4 (after line 15), after subsection 46PSA(6), insert:

(6A) For the purposes of this section, small business means a business with fewer than 20 full-time equivalent employees.

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
26
No
30
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party019
Liberal Party190
Australian Greens09
National Party30
Country Liberal Party10
Deputy Senate President10
Independent10
Liberal National Party10
Senate President01
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party01

How each member voted

Aye · 26

No · 30

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