Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009; Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 2) 2008-2009; Household Stimulus Package Bill 2009; Tax Bonus...
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 84% attendance
The majority voted in favour of a motion to read the bill for a second time.
This means that the majority of Members of Parliament (MPs) agree with the main idea of the bill and will now decide whether to pass it in the House of Representatives, which subsequently occurred without division.(See Open Australia for this vote. )
Background to the bill
The bill was introduced to amend the Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act 1911 so that the Treasurer is authorised to increase the cap on the face value of Commonwealth Government Securities on issue by $125 billion in special circumstances.(Read more about the bill here, including its explanatory memorandum and bills digest.) Prior to this, there was a debt limit of $75 billion, which had been introduced by the Commonwealth Securities and Investment Legislation Amendment Act 2008.
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Nobody rebelled against their party.
Party | Votes | |
---|---|---|
Australian Labor Party (93% turnout) | 75 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 | |
Mark Butler Port Adelaide | Yes | |
Anthony Byrne Holt | 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 | |
Justine Elliot Richmond | Yes | |
Annette Ellis Canberra | 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 | |
Alan Griffin Bruce | 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 | |
Catherine King Ballarat | Yes | |
Kirsten Livermore Capricornia | Yes | |
Richard Marles Corio | Yes | |
Robert McClelland Barton | Yes | |
Maxine McKew Bennelong | Yes | |
Bob McMullan Fraser | 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 | |
Wayne Swan Lilley | Yes | |
Mike Symon Deakin | Yes | |
Craig Thomson Dobell | Yes | |
Kelvin Thomson Wills | Yes | |
Chris Trevor Flynn | Yes | |
Jim Turnour Leichhardt | Yes | |
Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | Yes | |
Tony Zappia Makin | Yes | |
Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | Absent | |
Kate Ellis Adelaide | Absent | |
Julia Gillard Lalor | Absent | |
Jenny Macklin Jagajaga | Absent | |
Kevin Rudd Griffith | Absent | |
Lindsay Tanner Melbourne | Absent | |
Anna Burke Chisholm Deputy Speaker | Yes | |
Robert Oakeshott Lyne Independent | Yes | |
Tony Windsor New England Independent | Yes | |
Bob Katter Kennedy Independent | Absent | |
Liberal Party (85% turnout) | 0 Yes – 47 No | |
Tony Abbott Warringah | No | |
Kevin Andrews Menzies | No | |
Fran Bailey McEwen | No | |
Bob Baldwin Paterson | No | |
Bruce Billson Dunkley | No | |
Bronwyn Bishop Mackellar | No | |
Julie Bishop Curtin | No | |
Jamie Briggs Mayo | 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 | |
Joe Hockey North Sydney | No | |
Greg Hunt Flinders | No | |
Steve Irons Swan | No | |
Dennis Jensen Tangney | No | |
Michael Johnson Ryan | No | |
Andrew Laming Bowman | No | |
Sussan Ley Farrer | No | |
Ian Macfarlane Groom | No | |
Nola Marino Forrest | No | |
Louise Markus Greenway | No | |
Sophie Mirabella Indi | No | |
Scott Morrison Cook | No | |
Judi Moylan Pearce | No | |
Brendan Nelson Bradfield | No | |
Rowan Ramsey Grey | No | |
Don Randall Canning | No | |
Andrew Robb Goldstein | No | |
Stuart Robert Fadden | No | |
Philip Ruddock Berowra | No | |
Alby Schultz Hume | No | |
Luke Simpkins Cowan | 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 | |
Mal Washer Moore | No | |
Jason Wood La Trobe | No | |
Peter Costello Higgins | Absent | |
Michael Keenan Stirling | Absent | |
Peter Lindsay Herbert | Absent | |
Margaret May McPherson | Absent | |
Chris Pearce Aston | Absent | |
Christopher Pyne Sturt | Absent | |
Patrick Secker Barker | Absent | |
Peter Slipper Fisher | Absent | |
National Party (67% turnout) | 0 Yes – 6 No | |
Darren Chester Gippsland | No | |
John Cobb Calare | No | |
Mark Coulton Parkes | No | |
Luke Hartsuyker Cowper | No | |
Kay Hull Riverina | No | |
Paul Neville Hinkler | No | |
John Forrest Mallee | Absent | |
Bruce Scott Maranoa | Absent | |
Warren Truss Wide Bay | Absent | |
Harry Jenkins Scullin Speaker | Absent | |
Totals (87% turnout) | 78 Yes – 53 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.