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19 Sept 2024 · 3:29 PM · Division 16

Australian Human Rights Commission Amendment (Costs Protection) Bill 2023

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

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
27
No
29
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 West Australian Senator Michaelia Cash (Liberal), which means they failed.

Amendment text

(1) Schedule 1, item 3, page 4 (after line 8), after paragraph 46PSA(6)(b), insert:

(ba) all of the following apply:

(i) the other party is a respondent to the terminated complaint;

(ii) the court is satisfied that the respondent has made a reasonable offer to the applicant to settle the matter the subject of the complaint;

(iii) the court is satisfied that the applicant rejected the offer; or

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
27
No
29
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party020
Liberal Party190
Australian Greens08
National Party30
Country Liberal Party10
Deputy Senate President10
Independent10
Liberal National Party10
Senate President01
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party10

How each member voted

Aye · 27

No · 29

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