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12 Feb 2025 · 4:22 PM · Division 5

Consideration of Legislation

Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Reform) Bill 2024Amendment

A vote on changing the text of a bill or motion, not on passing it.

Official title
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Reform) Bill 2024

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
17
No
25
Not recorded voting
34

“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 introduced by ACT Senator David Pocock (Independent), which means it failed.

Motion text

That—

(a) the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Reform) Bill 2024 be divided into two bills and amended, in accordance with the amendments on sheet 3248, to create two bills as follows:

(i) Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Reform) Bill 2024—containing Schedules 1, 2, 5, 6 and 8 to 11, and

(ii) Electoral Legislation Amendment (Caps and Funding) Bill 2025—containing Schedules 3, 4 and 7;

(b) the bills be printed; and

(c) the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Caps and Funding) Bill 2025 be referred to the Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 23 May 2025.

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
17
No
25
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party218
Australian Greens90
Liberal Party12
Independent20
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party02
Australia's Voice10
Jacqui Lambie Network10
Liberal National Party01
National Party01
Senate President01
United Australia Party10

How each member voted

Aye · 17

No · 25

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