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3 Nov 2011 · Division 2

Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills

Second Reading - Adjourn debateProcedural motion

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

Official title
Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 and related bills - Second Reading - Adjourn debate

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
71
No
72
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 against a motion "That the debate be adjourned."

The motion was introduced by Liberal MP Joe Hockey.

Background to the bill

The Minerals Resource Rent Tax Bill 2011 is one of eleven bills that were introduced as a package to introduce a minerals resource rent tax ('MRRT').(Read more about the MRRT here.) The tax is set to begin on 1 July 2012 and apply to profits earned from the extraction of mineral resources such as coal and iron ore.

The eleven bills are:

References

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Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
71
No
72
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party067
Liberal Party570
National Party120
Independent03
Australian Greens01
CWM01
Country Liberal Party10
Katter's Australian Party10

How each member voted

Aye · 71

No · 72

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