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26 Mar 2025 · 9:40 AM · Division 1

Rearrangement

Consideration of the billProcedural motion

A vote on how Parliament conducts its business, not on a law itself.

Official title
Business - Rearrangement - Consideration of the bill

Ayes 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
80
No
62
Not recorded voting
7

“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 in favour of a motion introduced by Watson MP Tony Burke (Labor), which means it succeeded.

Motion text

That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the resumption of the debate on the motion that the bill be read a second time being made an order of the day for a later hour.

Standing orders are the usual procedural rules of parliament.

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
80
No
61
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party750
Liberal Party032
National Party011
Liberal National Party09
Independent17
Australian Greens40
Centre Alliance01
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party01

How each member voted

Aye · 80

No · 61

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