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11 Feb 2025 · 5:42 PM · Division 2

Matters of Urgency

Cost of Living - Tax billionaires
Official title
Matters of Urgency - Cost of Living - Tax billionaires

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
12
No
25
Not recorded voting
39

“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 an urgency motion introduced by Tasmanian Senator Nick McKim (Greens), which means it failed.

Motion text

That, in the opinion of the Senate, the following is a matter of urgency:

The need for the Albanese Labor Government to support the Greens plan to tax Australia's billionaires and use the revenue to help fund urgent cost of living relief, including getting dental into Medicare and making it free to see the GP.

Summary written by They Vote For You contributors. Read it with the debate

Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
12
No
25
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party119
Australian Greens100
Liberal Party04
Country Liberal Party01
Independent10
Liberal National Party01

How each member voted

Aye · 12

No · 25

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