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27 Nov 2024 · 11:32 AM · Division 4

Crimes Amendment (Strengthening the Criminal Justice Response to Sexual Violence) Bill 2024

Second Reading - Previous unintended consequences
Official title
Crimes Amendment (Strengthening the Criminal Justice Response to Sexual Violence) Bill 2024 - Second Reading - Previous unintended consequences

Tied vote

Aye
31
No
31
Not recorded voting
14

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

What was decided

The same number of senators voted for and against an amendment introduced by West Australian Senator Michaelia Cash (Liberal), which means it failed. The amendment would have added the text below to the usual second reading motion "that the bill be read a second time" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill).

Amendment text

At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate:

(a) notes with concern the unintended consequences associated with the first draft of this bill, which would have adversely impacted the ability to prosecute certain Commonwealth sexual offences; and

(b) notes that these issues were only identified and fixed as a result of the inquiry by the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee".

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
31
No
31
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party121
Liberal Party190
Australian Greens010
National Party40
Liberal National Party20
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party20
Country Liberal Party10
Independent10
United Australia Party10

How each member voted

Aye · 31

No · 31

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