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20th Oct 2014
Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (2014 Budget Measures No. 1) Bill 2014 and related bill - Second Reading - Read a second time
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
24th Jun 2014, 10:07 PM – Representatives Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (2014 Budget Measures No. 1) Bill 2014 and related bill - Third Reading - Read a third time
Summary
EditThe majority voted in favour of a motion to read these bills a third time.(Read more about the stages that a bill must pass through to become law here. ) This means that the majority agree with the bills and want to pass them in the House of Representatives. The bills will now be sent to the Senate for their consideration.
Background to the bills
The Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (2014 Budget Measures No. 1) Bill 2014 and the Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (2014 Budget Measures No. 2) Bill 2014 were introduced to implement a number of budget measures. These measures include pausing indexation on certain government payments, ceasing certain payments and changing the requirements for certain payments.(Read about these changes in more detail in the explanatory memorandum for the former bill (2014 Budget Measures No. 1) here and latter bill (2014 Budget Measures No. 2) here. )
Although several of these welfare measure were to become effective from 1 July 2014, Social Services Minister Kevin Andrews has said that it is unlikely that they will pass through Parliament by then.(See ABC News for more information.) In the meantime, the government payments will continue unchanged.
Votes Passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Bandt Melbourne Australian Greens | No | |
| Australian Labor Party (82% turnout) | 0 Yes – 45 No | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | No | |
| Sharon Bird Cunningham | No | |
| Gai Brodtmann Canberra | No | |
| Anna Burke Chisholm | No | |
| Tony Burke Watson | No | |
| Mark Butler Port Adelaide | No | |
| Terri Butler Griffith | No | |
| Nick Champion Wakefield | No | |
| Lisa Chesters Bendigo | No | |
| Jason Clare Blaxland | No | |
| Sharon Claydon Newcastle | No | |
| Julie Collins Franklin | No | |
| Pat Conroy Charlton | No | |
| Michael Danby Melbourne Ports | No | |
| Justine Elliot Richmond | No | |
| Kate Ellis Adelaide | No | |
| David Feeney Batman | No | |
| Laurie Ferguson Werriwa | No | |
| Andrew Giles Scullin | No | |
| Gary Gray Brand | No | |
| Alan Griffin Bruce | No | |
| Jill Hall Shortland | No | |
| Chris Hayes Fowler | No | |
| Ed Husic Chifley | No | |
| Stephen Jones Throsby | No | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | No | |
| Andrew Leigh Fraser | No | |
| Jenny Macklin Jagajaga | No | |
| Alannah Mactiernan Perth | No | |
| Rob Mitchell McEwen | No | |
| Shayne Neumann Blair | No | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | No | |
| Clare O'Neil Hotham | No | |
| Julie Owens Parramatta | No | |
| Melissa Parke Fremantle | No | |
| Graham Perrett Moreton | No | |
| Bernie Ripoll Oxley | No | |
| Amanda Rishworth Kingston | No | |
| Michelle Rowland Greenway | No | |
| Warren Snowdon Lingiari | No | |
| Matt Thistlethwaite Kingsford Smith | No | |
| Kelvin Thomson Wills | No | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | No | |
| Tim Watts Gellibrand | No | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | No | |
| Chris Bowen McMahon | Absent | |
| Anthony Byrne Holt | Absent | |
| Jim Chalmers Rankin | Absent | |
| Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | Absent | |
| Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter | Absent | |
| Richard Marles Corio | Absent | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | Absent | |
| Joanne Ryan Lalor | Absent | |
| Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | Absent | |
| Wayne Swan Lilley | Absent | |
| Natasha Griggs Solomon Country Liberal Party | Yes | |
| Bruce Scott Maranoa Deputy Speaker | Absent | |
| Andrew Wilkie Denison Independent | No | |
| Cathy McGowan Indi Independent | Absent | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Katter's Australian Party | Absent | |
| Liberal Party (95% turnout) | 69 Yes – 0 No | |
| John Alexander Bennelong | Yes | |
| Karen Andrews McPherson | Yes | |
| Kevin Andrews Menzies | Yes | |
| Bob Baldwin Paterson | Yes | |
| Bruce Billson Dunkley | Yes | |
| Julie Bishop Curtin | Yes | |
| Jamie Briggs Mayo | Yes | |
| Russell Broadbent McMillan | Yes | |
| Mal Brough Fisher | Yes | |
| Scott Buchholz Wright | Yes | |
| Steven Ciobo Moncrieff | Yes | |
| David Coleman Banks | Yes | |
| Peter Dutton Dickson | Yes | |
| Warren Entsch Leichhardt | Yes | |
| Paul Fletcher Bradfield | Yes | |
| Josh Frydenberg Kooyong | Yes | |
| Teresa Gambaro Brisbane | Yes | |
| Ian Goodenough Moore | Yes | |
| Alex Hawke Mitchell | Yes | |
| Sarah Henderson Corangamite | Yes | |
| Peter Hendy Eden-Monaro | Yes | |
| Luke Howarth Petrie | Yes | |
| Greg Hunt Flinders | Yes | |
| Eric Hutchinson Lyons | 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 | |
| Craig Laundy Reid | Yes | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | Yes | |
| Ian Macfarlane Groom | Yes | |
| Nola Marino Forrest | Yes | |
| Louise Markus Macquarie | Yes | |
| Russell Matheson Macarthur | Yes | |
| Karen McNamara Dobell | Yes | |
| Scott Morrison Cook | Yes | |
| Andrew Nikolic Bass | Yes | |
| Kelly O'Dwyer Higgins | Yes | |
| Tony Pasin Barker | Yes | |
| Christian Porter Pearce | Yes | |
| Jane Prentice Ryan | Yes | |
| Melissa Price Durack | Yes | |
| Christopher Pyne Sturt | Yes | |
| Rowan Ramsey Grey | Yes | |
| Don Randall Canning | Yes | |
| Stuart Robert Fadden | Yes | |
| Wyatt Roy Longman | Yes | |
| Philip Ruddock Berowra | Yes | |
| Fiona Scott Lindsay | Yes | |
| Luke Simpkins Cowan | Yes | |
| Tony Smith Casey | Yes | |
| Andrew Southcott Boothby | Yes | |
| Sharman Stone Murray | Yes | |
| Ann Sudmalis Gilmore | Yes | |
| Michael Sukkar Deakin | Yes | |
| Angus Taylor Hume | Yes | |
| Dan Tehan Wannon | Yes | |
| Malcolm Turnbull Wentworth | Yes | |
| Bert Van Manen Forde | Yes | |
| Nickolas Varvaris Barton | Yes | |
| Ross Vasta Bonner | Yes | |
| Brett Whiteley Braddon | Yes | |
| Lucy Wicks Robertson | Yes | |
| Matt Williams Hindmarsh | Yes | |
| Rick Wilson O'Connor | Yes | |
| Jason Wood La Trobe | Yes | |
| Ken Wyatt Hasluck | Yes | |
| Tony Abbott Warringah | Absent | |
| Joe Hockey North Sydney | Absent | |
| Andrew Robb Goldstein | Absent | |
| Alan Tudge Aston | Absent | |
| National Party (100% turnout) | 14 Yes – 0 No | |
| Andrew Broad Mallee | Yes | |
| Darren Chester Gippsland | Yes | |
| George Christensen Dawson | Yes | |
| John Cobb Calare | Yes | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes | Yes | |
| David Gillespie Lyne | Yes | |
| Luke Hartsuyker Cowper | Yes | |
| Kevin Hogan Page | Yes | |
| Barnaby Joyce New England | Yes | |
| Michelle Landry Capricornia | Yes | |
| Michael McCormack Riverina | Yes | |
| Ken O'Dowd Flynn | Yes | |
| Keith Pitt Hinkler | Yes | |
| Warren Truss Wide Bay | Yes | |
| Clive Palmer Fairfax Palmer United Party | Absent | |
| Bronwyn Bishop Mackellar Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (87% turnout) | 84 Yes – 47 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.