21st Jun 2012, 2:42 PM – Representatives Social Security Amendment (Supporting Australian Victims of Terrorism Overseas) Bill 2011 - Consideration in Detail - Compensate past victims
Summary
EditAn equal number of members voted for and against Liberal MP Michael Keenan's amendments. Since the Deputy Speaker gave her casting vote with with noes, the amendments failed.
What are the amendments?
The amendments would have made sure that the bill could apply to past victims of terrorism, rather than being restricted to possible future victims.
Background to the bill
The bill introduces a compensation scheme, called the Australian Victim of Terrorism Overseas Payment (the AVTO Payment), for Australian victims of overseas terrorist acts, or their close family members if they are killed.
Shadow Minister for Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Tony Abbott, previously introduced a Private Member's bill to give assistance to these victims. The bill was called the Assisting the Victims of International Terrorism Bill 2009 and lapsed at the end of the 42nd Parliament (2007-2010).
Read more about the bill and its background in the bills digest.
Votes Not passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Bandt Melbourne Australian Greens | No | |
| Australian Labor Party (93% turnout) | 0 Yes – 65 No | |
| Dick Adams Lyons | No | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | No | |
| Sharon Bird Cunningham | No | |
| Chris Bowen McMahon | No | |
| David Bradbury Lindsay | No | |
| Gai Brodtmann Canberra | No | |
| Tony Burke Watson | No | |
| Mark Butler Port Adelaide | No | |
| Anthony Byrne Holt | No | |
| Nick Champion Wakefield | No | |
| Darren Cheeseman Corangamite | No | |
| Jason Clare Blaxland | No | |
| Julie Collins Franklin | No | |
| Greg Combet Charlton | No | |
| Simon Crean Hotham | No | |
| Yvette D'Ath Petrie | No | |
| Michael Danby Melbourne Ports | No | |
| Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | No | |
| Justine Elliot Richmond | No | |
| Kate Ellis Adelaide | No | |
| Craig Emerson Rankin | No | |
| Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter | No | |
| Peter Garrett Kingsford Smith | No | |
| Steve Georganas Hindmarsh | No | |
| Steve Gibbons Bendigo | No | |
| Gary Gray Brand | No | |
| Sharon Grierson Newcastle | No | |
| Alan Griffin Bruce | No | |
| Jill Hall Shortland | No | |
| Chris Hayes Fowler | No | |
| Ed Husic Chifley | No | |
| Harry Jenkins Scullin | No | |
| Stephen Jones Throsby | No | |
| Mike Kelly Eden-Monaro | No | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | No | |
| Andrew Leigh Fraser | No | |
| Kirsten Livermore Capricornia | No | |
| Geoff Lyons Bass | No | |
| Jenny Macklin Jagajaga | No | |
| Richard Marles Corio | No | |
| Robert McClelland Barton | No | |
| Rob Mitchell McEwen | No | |
| John Murphy Reid | No | |
| Shayne Neumann Blair | No | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | No | |
| Deborah O'Neill Robertson | No | |
| Julie Owens Parramatta | No | |
| Melissa Parke Fremantle | No | |
| Graham Perrett Moreton | No | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | No | |
| Bernie Ripoll Oxley | No | |
| Amanda Rishworth Kingston | No | |
| Nicola Roxon Gellibrand | No | |
| Kevin Rudd Griffith | No | |
| Janelle Saffin Page | No | |
| Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | No | |
| Sid Sidebottom Braddon | No | |
| Stephen Smith Perth | No | |
| Laura Smyth La Trobe | No | |
| Warren Snowdon Lingiari | No | |
| Wayne Swan Lilley | No | |
| Mike Symon Deakin | No | |
| Kelvin Thomson Wills | No | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | No | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | No | |
| Laurie Ferguson Werriwa | Absent | |
| Martin Ferguson Batman | Absent | |
| Julia Gillard Lalor | Absent | |
| Daryl Melham Banks | Absent | |
| Michelle Rowland Greenway | Absent | |
| Natasha Griggs Solomon Country Liberal Party | Yes | |
| Anna Burke Chisholm Deputy Speaker | No | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Independent | Yes | |
| Andrew Wilkie Denison Independent | Yes | |
| Craig Thomson Dobell Independent | No | |
| Tony Windsor New England Independent | No | |
| Robert Oakeshott Lyne Independent | Absent | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Katter's Australian Party | Absent | |
| Liberal Party (92% turnout) | 54 Yes – 0 No | |
| Tony Abbott Warringah | Yes | |
| John Alexander Bennelong | Yes | |
| Karen Andrews McPherson | Yes | |
| Kevin Andrews Menzies | Yes | |
| Bob Baldwin Paterson | Yes | |
| Bruce Billson Dunkley | Yes | |
| Bronwyn Bishop Mackellar | Yes | |
| Julie Bishop Curtin | Yes | |
| Jamie Briggs Mayo | Yes | |
| Russell Broadbent McMillan | Yes | |
| Scott Buchholz Wright | Yes | |
| Steven Ciobo Moncrieff | Yes | |
| Peter Dutton Dickson | Yes | |
| Warren Entsch Leichhardt | Yes | |
| Paul Fletcher Bradfield | Yes | |
| Josh Frydenberg Kooyong | Yes | |
| Teresa Gambaro Brisbane | Yes | |
| Joanna Gash Gilmore | Yes | |
| Barry Haase Durack | Yes | |
| Alex Hawke Mitchell | Yes | |
| Joe Hockey North Sydney | Yes | |
| Greg Hunt Flinders | Yes | |
| Steve Irons Swan | Yes | |
| Dennis Jensen Tangney | Yes | |
| Ewen Jones Herbert | Yes | |
| Michael Keenan Stirling | Yes | |
| Craig Kelly Hughes | Yes | |
| Andrew Laming Bowman | Yes | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | Yes | |
| Nola Marino Forrest | Yes | |
| Louise Markus Macquarie | Yes | |
| Russell Matheson Macarthur | Yes | |
| Sophie Mirabella Indi | Yes | |
| Scott Morrison Cook | Yes | |
| Kelly O'Dwyer Higgins | Yes | |
| Jane Prentice Ryan | Yes | |
| Christopher Pyne Sturt | Yes | |
| Rowan Ramsey Grey | Yes | |
| Don Randall Canning | Yes | |
| Andrew Robb Goldstein | Yes | |
| Stuart Robert Fadden | Yes | |
| Wyatt Roy Longman | Yes | |
| Philip Ruddock Berowra | Yes | |
| Alby Schultz Hume | Yes | |
| Patrick Secker Barker | Yes | |
| Luke Simpkins Cowan | Yes | |
| Andrew Southcott Boothby | Yes | |
| Dan Tehan Wannon | Yes | |
| Alan Tudge Aston | Yes | |
| Malcolm Turnbull Wentworth | Yes | |
| Bert Van Manen Forde | Yes | |
| Ross Vasta Bonner | Yes | |
| Mal Washer Moore | Yes | |
| Ken Wyatt Hasluck | Yes | |
| Ian Macfarlane Groom | Absent | |
| Judi Moylan Pearce | Absent | |
| Tony Smith Casey | Absent | |
| Alex Somlyay Fairfax | Absent | |
| Sharman Stone Murray | Absent | |
| National Party (92% turnout) | 11 Yes – 0 No | |
| Darren Chester Gippsland | Yes | |
| George Christensen Dawson | Yes | |
| John Cobb Calare | Yes | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes | Yes | |
| John Forrest Mallee | Yes | |
| Luke Hartsuyker Cowper | Yes | |
| Michael McCormack Riverina | Yes | |
| Paul Neville Hinkler | Yes | |
| Ken O'Dowd Flynn | Yes | |
| Bruce Scott Maranoa | Yes | |
| Warren Truss Wide Bay | Yes | |
| Tony Crook O'Connor | Absent | |
| Peter Slipper Fisher Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (91% turnout) | 68 Yes – 69 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.