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7th Nov 2014
Asset Recycling Fund Bill 2014 and related bill — Consideration in Detail — Make information public
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 91% attendance
19th Jun 2014, 1:16 PM – Representatives Asset Recycling Fund Bill 2014 and Asset Recycling Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2014 — Consideration in Detail — Governance of grants
Summary
EditThis division relates to the Policies For privatising government assets and For increasing funding to road infrastructure.
The majority voted against a motion "that the amendments be agreed to", which means that they were rejected. The amendments were introduced by Labor MP Anthony Albanese.
Mr Albanese explained that the amendments "improve governance around the way in which grants are made from this so-called Asset Recycling Fund"(Read Mr Albanese's full explanation and the related debate here. ) ('ARF'). The ARF is "a dedicated investment vehicle, with a focus on providing financial assistance and incentives to the states and territories, to create new productive infrastructure".(Read more about the Asset Recycling Fund and the background to the bill in its bills digest. )
Background to the bills
The Asset Recycling Fund Bill 2014 and the related Asset Recycling Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2014 were introduced to create the Asset Recycling Fund ('ARF').
The ARF is the fund from which grants to states and territories will be sourced under the Asset Recycling Initiative ('ARI'), which was developed to assist states to privatise assets and to speed up the construction of transport infrastructure in capital cities.(Read the Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss's comments on the initiative on ABC's PM program here. ) Under the ARI, states and territories will be encouraged to sell assets, including transport infrastructure, and use the proceeds to fund new public infrastructure. By way of encouragement, the Commonwealth will provide a financial contribution of 15 per cent of the asset value of the sale that is used to fund the new infrastructure.(See the bills digest for more information. )
The Council of Australian Governments voted in favour of the ARI on 2 May 2014.(Read more about COAG's decision to agree with the ARI on ABC News here.)
Votes Not passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Bandt Melbourne Australian Greens | Yes | |
| Australian Labor Party (93% turnout) | 51 Yes – 0 No | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | Yes | |
| Sharon Bird Cunningham | Yes | |
| Chris Bowen McMahon | Yes | |
| Gai Brodtmann Canberra | Yes | |
| Anna Burke Chisholm | Yes | |
| Tony Burke Watson | Yes | |
| Terri Butler Griffith | Yes | |
| Anthony Byrne Holt | Yes | |
| Jim Chalmers Rankin | Yes | |
| Nick Champion Wakefield | Yes | |
| Lisa Chesters Bendigo | Yes | |
| Jason Clare Blaxland | Yes | |
| Sharon Claydon Newcastle | Yes | |
| Pat Conroy Charlton | Yes | |
| Michael Danby Melbourne Ports | Yes | |
| Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | Yes | |
| Justine Elliot Richmond | Yes | |
| Kate Ellis Adelaide | Yes | |
| David Feeney Batman | Yes | |
| Laurie Ferguson Werriwa | Yes | |
| Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter | Yes | |
| Andrew Giles Scullin | Yes | |
| Gary Gray Brand | Yes | |
| Alan Griffin Bruce | Yes | |
| Jill Hall Shortland | Yes | |
| Chris Hayes Fowler | Yes | |
| Ed Husic Chifley | Yes | |
| Stephen Jones Throsby | Yes | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | Yes | |
| Andrew Leigh Fraser | Yes | |
| Jenny Macklin Jagajaga | Yes | |
| Alannah Mactiernan Perth | Yes | |
| Richard Marles Corio | Yes | |
| Rob Mitchell McEwen | 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 | |
| Bernie Ripoll Oxley | Yes | |
| Amanda Rishworth Kingston | Yes | |
| Michelle Rowland Greenway | Yes | |
| Joanne Ryan Lalor | Yes | |
| Warren Snowdon Lingiari | Yes | |
| Wayne Swan Lilley | Yes | |
| Matt Thistlethwaite Kingsford Smith | Yes | |
| Kelvin Thomson Wills | Yes | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | Yes | |
| Tim Watts Gellibrand | Yes | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | Yes | |
| Mark Butler Port Adelaide | Absent | |
| Julie Collins Franklin | Absent | |
| Clare O'Neil Hotham | Absent | |
| Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | Absent | |
| Natasha Griggs Solomon Country Liberal Party | No | |
| Bruce Scott Maranoa Deputy Speaker | No | |
| Cathy McGowan Indi Independent | Yes | |
| Andrew Wilkie Denison Independent | Yes | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Katter's Australian Party | Absent | |
| Liberal Party (92% turnout) | 0 Yes – 67 No | |
| John Alexander Bennelong | No | |
| Karen Andrews McPherson | No | |
| Kevin Andrews Menzies | No | |
| Bob Baldwin Paterson | No | |
| Bruce Billson Dunkley | No | |
| Jamie Briggs Mayo | No | |
| Russell Broadbent McMillan | No | |
| Mal Brough Fisher | No | |
| Scott Buchholz Wright | No | |
| David Coleman Banks | No | |
| Peter Dutton Dickson | No | |
| Warren Entsch Leichhardt | No | |
| Paul Fletcher Bradfield | No | |
| Josh Frydenberg Kooyong | No | |
| Teresa Gambaro Brisbane | No | |
| Ian Goodenough Moore | No | |
| Alex Hawke Mitchell | No | |
| Sarah Henderson Corangamite | No | |
| Peter Hendy Eden-Monaro | No | |
| Joe Hockey North Sydney | No | |
| Luke Howarth Petrie | No | |
| Greg Hunt Flinders | No | |
| Eric Hutchinson Lyons | No | |
| Steve Irons Swan | No | |
| Dennis Jensen Tangney | No | |
| Ewen Jones Herbert | No | |
| Michael Keenan Stirling | No | |
| Craig Kelly Hughes | No | |
| Andrew Laming Bowman | No | |
| Craig Laundy Reid | No | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | No | |
| Ian Macfarlane Groom | No | |
| Nola Marino Forrest | No | |
| Russell Matheson Macarthur | No | |
| Karen McNamara Dobell | No | |
| Scott Morrison Cook | No | |
| Andrew Nikolic Bass | No | |
| Kelly O'Dwyer Higgins | No | |
| Tony Pasin Barker | No | |
| Christian Porter Pearce | No | |
| Jane Prentice Ryan | No | |
| Melissa Price Durack | No | |
| Christopher Pyne Sturt | No | |
| Rowan Ramsey Grey | No | |
| Don Randall Canning | No | |
| Andrew Robb Goldstein | No | |
| Stuart Robert Fadden | No | |
| Philip Ruddock Berowra | No | |
| Fiona Scott Lindsay | No | |
| Luke Simpkins Cowan | No | |
| Tony Smith Casey | No | |
| Andrew Southcott Boothby | No | |
| Sharman Stone Murray | No | |
| Ann Sudmalis Gilmore | No | |
| Michael Sukkar Deakin | No | |
| Angus Taylor Hume | No | |
| Dan Tehan Wannon | No | |
| Alan Tudge Aston | No | |
| Malcolm Turnbull Wentworth | No | |
| Bert Van Manen Forde | No | |
| Nickolas Varvaris Barton | No | |
| Brett Whiteley Braddon | No | |
| Lucy Wicks Robertson | No | |
| Matt Williams Hindmarsh | No | |
| Rick Wilson O'Connor | No | |
| Jason Wood La Trobe | No | |
| Ken Wyatt Hasluck | No | |
| Tony Abbott Warringah | Absent | |
| Julie Bishop Curtin | Absent | |
| Steven Ciobo Moncrieff | Absent | |
| Louise Markus Macquarie | Absent | |
| Wyatt Roy Longman | Absent | |
| Ross Vasta Bonner | Absent | |
| National Party (100% turnout) | 0 Yes – 14 No | |
| Andrew Broad Mallee | No | |
| Darren Chester Gippsland | No | |
| George Christensen Dawson | No | |
| John Cobb Calare | No | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes | No | |
| David Gillespie Lyne | No | |
| Luke Hartsuyker Cowper | No | |
| Kevin Hogan Page | No | |
| Barnaby Joyce New England | No | |
| Michelle Landry Capricornia | No | |
| Michael McCormack Riverina | No | |
| Ken O'Dowd Flynn | No | |
| Keith Pitt Hinkler | No | |
| Warren Truss Wide Bay | No | |
| Clive Palmer Fairfax Palmer United Party | Yes | |
| Bronwyn Bishop Mackellar Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (92% turnout) | 55 Yes – 83 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.