edited
10th Oct 2014
Horse Disease Response Levy Bill 2008 and related bills — Third Reading - Read a third time
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
3rd Sep 2008, 1:05 PM – Representatives Horse Disease Response Levy Bill 2008 — Second Reading — Read a second time
Summary
EditThis division relates to the Policy For agricultural biosecurity.
The majority voted in favour of a motion that the bill be read for a second time. This means that the majority agree with the main idea of the bill and that the House can now consider it in more detail.(Read more about the stages that a bill much pass through to become law here. )
Background to the bill
The Horse Disease Response Levy Bill 2008 was introduced along with the Horse Disease Response Levy Collection Bill 2008 and the Horse Disease Response Levy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008. It "introduce[s] a levy on the initial registration of horses so that the Australian horse industry, under the terms of the Emergency Animal Disease Response Agreement (EADRA), can repay the Commonwealth for financial assistance in the event of an outbreak of an emergency horse disease".(Read more about the bill in its bills digest. )
This measure was proposed in response to an outbreak of equine influenza in 2007, which greatly damaged the Australian horse industry.(Read more about the 2007 equine flu outbreak here.) The Commonwealth government provided extensive financial aid to assist the horse industry through the quarantine process in conjunction with State governments. The purpose of this bill is to allow the Commonwealth government to introduce a levy to raise funds that can be used in the event of future emergency disease outbreaks affecting the horse industry.
Votes Passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Labor Party (89% turnout) | 72 Yes – 0 No | |
| Dick Adams Lyons | Yes | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | Yes | |
| Arch Bevis Brisbane | Yes | |
| James Bidgood Dawson | Yes | |
| Sharon Bird Cunningham | Yes | |
| Chris Bowen Prospect | Yes | |
| David Bradbury Lindsay | Yes | |
| Tony Burke Watson | Yes | |
| Jodie Campbell Bass | Yes | |
| Nick Champion Wakefield | Yes | |
| Darren Cheeseman Corangamite | Yes | |
| Jason Clare Blaxland | Yes | |
| Julie Collins Franklin | Yes | |
| Greg Combet Charlton | Yes | |
| Simon Crean Hotham | Yes | |
| Yvette D'Ath Petrie | Yes | |
| Michael Danby Melbourne Ports | Yes | |
| Bob Debus Macquarie | Yes | |
| Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | Yes | |
| Justine Elliot Richmond | Yes | |
| Annette Ellis Canberra | Yes | |
| Kate Ellis Adelaide | Yes | |
| Craig Emerson Rankin | Yes | |
| Laurie Ferguson Reid | Yes | |
| Martin Ferguson Batman | Yes | |
| Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter | Yes | |
| Peter Garrett Kingsford Smith | Yes | |
| Steve Georganas Hindmarsh | Yes | |
| Jennie George Throsby | Yes | |
| Steve Gibbons Bendigo | Yes | |
| Gary Gray Brand | Yes | |
| Sharon Grierson Newcastle | Yes | |
| Damian Hale Solomon | Yes | |
| Jill Hall Shortland | Yes | |
| Chris Hayes Werriwa | Yes | |
| Julia Irwin Fowler | Yes | |
| Sharryn Jackson Hasluck | Yes | |
| Mike Kelly Eden-Monaro | Yes | |
| Duncan Kerr Denison | Yes | |
| Kirsten Livermore Capricornia | Yes | |
| Jenny Macklin Jagajaga | Yes | |
| Richard Marles Corio | Yes | |
| Robert McClelland Barton | Yes | |
| Maxine McKew Bennelong | Yes | |
| Daryl Melham Banks | Yes | |
| John Murphy Lowe | Yes | |
| Belinda Neal Robertson | Yes | |
| Shayne Neumann Blair | Yes | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | Yes | |
| Julie Owens Parramatta | Yes | |
| Melissa Parke Fremantle | Yes | |
| Graham Perrett Moreton | Yes | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | Yes | |
| Roger Price Chifley | Yes | |
| Brett Raguse Forde | Yes | |
| Kerry Rea Bonner | Yes | |
| Bernie Ripoll Oxley | Yes | |
| Amanda Rishworth Kingston | Yes | |
| Nicola Roxon Gellibrand | Yes | |
| Janelle Saffin Page | Yes | |
| Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | Yes | |
| Sid Sidebottom Braddon | Yes | |
| Stephen Smith Perth | Yes | |
| Warren Snowdon Lingiari | Yes | |
| Jon Sullivan Longman | Yes | |
| Mike Symon Deakin | Yes | |
| Lindsay Tanner Melbourne | Yes | |
| Craig Thomson Dobell | Yes | |
| Kelvin Thomson Wills | Yes | |
| Chris Trevor Flynn | Yes | |
| Jim Turnour Leichhardt | Yes | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | Yes | |
| Mark Butler Port Adelaide | Absent | |
| Anthony Byrne Holt | Absent | |
| Julia Gillard Lalor | Absent | |
| Alan Griffin Bruce | Absent | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | Absent | |
| Bob McMullan Fraser | Absent | |
| Kevin Rudd Griffith | Absent | |
| Wayne Swan Lilley | Absent | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | Absent | |
| Anna Burke Chisholm Deputy Speaker | Yes | |
| Tony Windsor New England Independent | Yes | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Independent | No | |
| Liberal Party (83% turnout) | 0 Yes – 45 No | |
| Tony Abbott Warringah | No | |
| Kevin Andrews Menzies | No | |
| Bob Baldwin Paterson | No | |
| Bruce Billson Dunkley | No | |
| Julie Bishop Curtin | No | |
| Russell Broadbent McMillan | No | |
| Steven Ciobo Moncrieff | No | |
| Peter Dutton Dickson | No | |
| Pat Farmer Macarthur | No | |
| Joanna Gash Gilmore | No | |
| Petro Georgiou Kooyong | No | |
| Barry Haase Kalgoorlie | No | |
| Alex Hawke Mitchell | No | |
| David Hawker Wannon | No | |
| Greg Hunt Flinders | No | |
| Steve Irons Swan | No | |
| Dennis Jensen Tangney | No | |
| Michael Johnson Ryan | No | |
| Michael Keenan Stirling | No | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | No | |
| Peter Lindsay Herbert | No | |
| Ian Macfarlane Groom | No | |
| Nola Marino Forrest | No | |
| Louise Markus Greenway | No | |
| Margaret May McPherson | No | |
| Scott Morrison Cook | No | |
| Judi Moylan Pearce | No | |
| Chris Pearce Aston | No | |
| Christopher Pyne Sturt | No | |
| Rowan Ramsey Grey | No | |
| Don Randall Canning | No | |
| Stuart Robert Fadden | No | |
| Philip Ruddock Berowra | No | |
| Alby Schultz Hume | No | |
| Patrick Secker Barker | No | |
| Luke Simpkins Cowan | No | |
| Peter Slipper Fisher | No | |
| Tony Smith Casey | No | |
| Alex Somlyay Fairfax | No | |
| Andrew Southcott Boothby | No | |
| Sharman Stone Murray | No | |
| Wilson Tuckey O'Connor | No | |
| Malcolm Turnbull Wentworth | No | |
| Danna Vale Hughes | No | |
| Jason Wood La Trobe | No | |
| Fran Bailey McEwen | Absent | |
| Bronwyn Bishop Mackellar | Absent | |
| Peter Costello Higgins | Absent | |
| Joe Hockey North Sydney | Absent | |
| Andrew Laming Bowman | Absent | |
| Sophie Mirabella Indi | Absent | |
| Brendan Nelson Bradfield | Absent | |
| Andrew Robb Goldstein | Absent | |
| Mal Washer Moore | Absent | |
| National Party (100% turnout) | 0 Yes – 9 No | |
| Darren Chester Gippsland | No | |
| John Cobb Calare | No | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes | No | |
| John Forrest Mallee | No | |
| Luke Hartsuyker Cowper | No | |
| Kay Hull Riverina | No | |
| Paul Neville Hinkler | No | |
| Bruce Scott Maranoa | No | |
| Warren Truss Wide Bay | No | |
| Harry Jenkins Scullin Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (87% turnout) | 74 Yes – 55 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.