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13 Feb 2025 · 12:09 PM · Division 13

Consideration of Legislation

Procedural motion

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

Official title
Business - Consideration of Legislation - Early Childhood Education and Care (Three Day Guarantee) Bill 2025

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
35
No
33
Not recorded voting
8

“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 Victorian Senator Steph Hodgins-May (Greens), which means it was successful.

Motion text

That—

(a) immediately after a message from the House of Representatives is reported in relation to the Early Childhood Education and Care (Three Day Guarantee) Bill 2025, the questions on all stages of the bill be put;

(b) paragraph (a) operate as a limitation of debate under standing order 142;

(c) divisions may take place for the purposes of the bill notwithstanding anything contained in the standing orders; and

(d) to avoid doubt, the bill may be considered before the Education and Employment Legislation Committee presents its report on its inquiry into the provisions of the bill, and the inquiry may proceed notwithstanding the passage of the bill.

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
35
No
33
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party220
Liberal Party021
Australian Greens100
National Party04
Independent11
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party02
Australia's Voice10
Country Liberal Party01
Deputy Senate President01
Jacqui Lambie Network01
Liberal National Party01
Senate President10
United Australia Party01

How each member voted

Aye · 35

No · 33

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