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10th Oct 2014
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill 2007 - Second Reading - Labor amendment to second reading motion
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 85% attendance
7th Aug 2007, 9:28 PM – Representatives Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory National Emergency Response and Other Measures) Bill 2007 - Consideration...
Summary
EditThis division relates to the Policy For the NT National Emergency Response.
The majority voted against amendments introduced by Labor MP Jenny Macklin, which means that they were rejected.
Ms Macklin explained the purpose of each of the six amendments in the following way:
"Amendment (1) is the same as the amendment that we moved to the other two bills that would clarify that the measures in the bill are special measures under the Racial Discrimination Act, so I will not repeat the remarks that I made earlier. Amendments (2), (3), (4) and (5) relate to the permit system. Amendment (5) opposes the government’s removal of the permit system on roads and common areas in towns. ... What we are trying to do with amendment (6) is to give the land councils the right to ask the minister to revoke a permit if there are reasonable grounds to believe that the person to whom he has issued a permit is of bad character."(Read Ms Macklin's full explanation and the related debate here. )
Background to the bill
The bill was introduced along with four other bills:
- the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Bill 2007
- the Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill 2007
- the Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008, and
- the Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 2) 2007-2008.
This legislation was introduced in response to the Report of the Northern Territory Board of Inquiry into the Protection of Aboriginal Children from Sexual Abuse, known as the Little Children are Sacred report, which was publicly released on 15 June 2007.(Read more about the background of the bills in the interim bills digest. ) That report came after concerns were raised on ABC's Lateline program in 2006.(Read the transcript for the Lateline programs that addressed the issue of child abuse in Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory here (the May 2006 program) and here (the June 2006 program).)
Votes Not passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Labor Party (92% turnout) | 54 Yes – 0 No | |
| Dick Adams Lyons | Yes | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | Yes | |
| Kim Beazley Brand | Yes | |
| Arch Bevis Brisbane | Yes | |
| Sharon Bird Cunningham | Yes | |
| Chris Bowen Prospect | Yes | |
| Anna Burke Chisholm | Yes | |
| Tony Burke Watson | Yes | |
| Anthony Byrne Holt | Yes | |
| Ann Corcoran Isaacs | Yes | |
| Simon Crean Hotham | Yes | |
| Michael Danby Melbourne Ports | Yes | |
| Graham Edwards Cowan | Yes | |
| Justine Elliot Richmond | Yes | |
| Annette Ellis Canberra | Yes | |
| Kate Ellis Adelaide | Yes | |
| Craig Emerson Rankin | Yes | |
| Laurie Ferguson Reid | Yes | |
| Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter | Yes | |
| Peter Garrett Kingsford Smith | Yes | |
| Jennie George Throsby | Yes | |
| Steve Gibbons Bendigo | Yes | |
| Julia Gillard Lalor | Yes | |
| Sharon Grierson Newcastle | Yes | |
| Alan Griffin Bruce | Yes | |
| Jill Hall Shortland | Yes | |
| Michael Hatton Blaxland | Yes | |
| Chris Hayes Werriwa | Yes | |
| Julia Irwin Fowler | Yes | |
| Harry Jenkins Scullin | Yes | |
| Duncan Kerr Denison | Yes | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | Yes | |
| Kirsten Livermore Capricornia | Yes | |
| Jenny Macklin Jagajaga | Yes | |
| Robert McClelland Barton | Yes | |
| Bob McMullan Fraser | Yes | |
| Daryl Melham Banks | Yes | |
| John Murphy Lowe | Yes | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | Yes | |
| Gavan O'Connor Corio | Yes | |
| Julie Owens Parramatta | Yes | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | Yes | |
| Roger Price Chifley | Yes | |
| Bernie Ripoll Oxley | Yes | |
| Kevin Rudd Griffith | Yes | |
| Rod Sawford Port Adelaide | Yes | |
| Bob Sercombe Maribyrnong | Yes | |
| Stephen Smith Perth | Yes | |
| Warren Snowdon Lingiari | Yes | |
| Wayne Swan Lilley | Yes | |
| Lindsay Tanner Melbourne | Yes | |
| Kelvin Thomson Wills | Yes | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | Yes | |
| Kim Wilkie Swan | Yes | |
| Martin Ferguson Batman | Absent | |
| Steve Georganas Hindmarsh | Absent | |
| Kelly Hoare Charlton | Absent | |
| Carmen Lawrence Fremantle | Absent | |
| Nicola Roxon Gellibrand | Absent | |
| Dave Tollner Solomon Country Liberal Party | No | |
| Ian Causley Page Deputy Speaker | No | |
| Harry Quick Franklin Independent | Yes | |
| Peter Andren Calare Independent | Absent | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Independent | Absent | |
| Tony Windsor New England Independent | Absent | |
| Liberal Party (88% turnout) | 0 Yes – 64 No | |
| Kevin Andrews Menzies | No | |
| Fran Bailey McEwen | No | |
| Bruce Baird Cook | No | |
| Mark Baker Braddon | No | |
| Bob Baldwin Paterson | No | |
| Phillip Barresi Deakin | No | |
| Kerry Bartlett Macquarie | No | |
| Bruce Billson Dunkley | No | |
| Bronwyn Bishop Mackellar | No | |
| Julie Bishop Curtin | No | |
| Russell Broadbent McMillan | No | |
| Mal Brough Longman | No | |
| Steven Ciobo Moncrieff | No | |
| Peter Dutton Dickson | No | |
| Kay Elson Forde | No | |
| Warren Entsch Leichhardt | No | |
| Pat Farmer Macarthur | No | |
| David Fawcett Wakefield | No | |
| Michael Ferguson Bass | No | |
| Teresa Gambaro Petrie | No | |
| Joanna Gash Gilmore | No | |
| Petro Georgiou Kooyong | No | |
| Barry Haase Kalgoorlie | No | |
| Gary Hardgrave Moreton | No | |
| Stuart Henry Hasluck | No | |
| Greg Hunt Flinders | No | |
| Dennis Jensen Tangney | No | |
| Michael Johnson Ryan | No | |
| David Jull Fadden | No | |
| Michael Keenan Stirling | No | |
| Jackie Kelly Lindsay | No | |
| Andrew Laming Bowman | No | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | No | |
| Peter Lindsay Herbert | No | |
| Ian Macfarlane Groom | No | |
| Louise Markus Greenway | No | |
| Margaret May McPherson | No | |
| Stewart McArthur Corangamite | No | |
| Sophie Mirabella Indi | No | |
| Judi Moylan Pearce | No | |
| Brendan Nelson Bradfield | No | |
| Chris Pearce Aston | No | |
| Geoff Prosser Forrest | No | |
| Christopher Pyne Sturt | No | |
| Don Randall Canning | No | |
| Kym Richardson Kingston | No | |
| Andrew Robb Goldstein | No | |
| Philip Ruddock Berowra | No | |
| Alby Schultz Hume | No | |
| Patrick Secker Barker | No | |
| Peter Slipper Fisher | No | |
| Tony Smith Casey | No | |
| Alex Somlyay Fairfax | No | |
| Andrew Southcott Boothby | No | |
| Sharman Stone Murray | No | |
| Cameron Thompson Blair | No | |
| Ken Ticehurst Dobell | No | |
| Wilson Tuckey O'Connor | No | |
| Malcolm Turnbull Wentworth | No | |
| Danna Vale Hughes | No | |
| Ross Vasta Bonner | No | |
| Barry Wakelin Grey | No | |
| Mal Washer Moore | No | |
| Jason Wood La Trobe | No | |
| Tony Abbott Warringah | Absent | |
| Alan Cadman Mitchell | Absent | |
| Peter Costello Higgins | Absent | |
| Alexander Downer Mayo | Absent | |
| Trish Draper Makin | Absent | |
| Joe Hockey North Sydney | Absent | |
| John Howard Bennelong | Absent | |
| Jim Lloyd Robertson | Absent | |
| Gary Nairn Eden-Monaro | Absent | |
| National Party (73% turnout) | 0 Yes – 8 No | |
| John Anderson Gwydir | No | |
| Luke Hartsuyker Cowper | No | |
| Kay Hull Riverina | No | |
| De-Anne Kelly Dawson | No | |
| Peter McGauran Gippsland | No | |
| Paul Neville Hinkler | No | |
| Bruce Scott Maranoa | No | |
| Warren Truss Wide Bay | No | |
| John Cobb Parkes | Absent | |
| John Forrest Mallee | Absent | |
| Mark Vaile Lyne | Absent | |
| David Hawker Wannon Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (86% turnout) | 55 Yes – 74 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.