Bills — Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Seniors Supplement Cessation) Bill 2014, Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (2014 Budget Measures No. 4) Bi...
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 88% attendance
22nd Oct 2014, 7:48 PM – Representatives Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Seniors Supplement Cessation) Bill 2014 and two related bills - Third Reading - Pass the bills
Summary
EditThe majority wanted to pass the bills in the House of Representatives (in parliamentary jargon, they voted to give the bills a third reading). The bills will now go to the Senate to see if the senators agree with the members of parliament (MPs) and also want to pass the bills. If they do, the bills will become law.
What do the bills do?
The bills introduce several of the Social Services Portfolio budget measures that the Government hasn't been able to pass yet.
The Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Seniors Supplement Cessation) Bill 2014 will get rid of the senior supplement for people who have a Commonwealth seniors health card or a veterans’ affairs gold card from 20 September 2014 (see the bills digest).
The Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (Student Measures) Bill 2014 will allow interest rates to be applied to certain student assistance debts and create a new student start-up loan to replace current student start-up scholarships (see the bills digest).
For an overview of the measures included in the Social Services and Other Legislation Amendment (2014 Budget Measures No. 4) Bill 2014, see its bills digest.
Background to the bills
The measures in these bills were originally included in 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. These bills didn't get beyond the second reading stage in the Senate so the Government decided to split the measures into four bills (see ABC's The World Today), including these three.
Votes Passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Bandt Melbourne Australian Greens | No | |
| Australian Labor Party (87% turnout) | 0 Yes – 48 No | |
| Sharon Bird Cunningham | No | |
| Chris Bowen McMahon | No | |
| Gai Brodtmann Canberra | No | |
| Anna Burke Chisholm | No | |
| Tony Burke Watson | No | |
| Mark Butler Port Adelaide | No | |
| Terri Butler Griffith | No | |
| Anthony Byrne Holt | No | |
| Jim Chalmers Rankin | 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 | |
| Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | No | |
| Justine Elliot Richmond | No | |
| Kate Ellis Adelaide | No | |
| Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter | No | |
| Andrew Giles Scullin | No | |
| Gary Gray Brand | 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 | |
| Graham Perrett Moreton | No | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | No | |
| Bernie Ripoll Oxley | No | |
| Amanda Rishworth Kingston | No | |
| Michelle Rowland Greenway | No | |
| Joanne Ryan Lalor | No | |
| Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | No | |
| Warren Snowdon Lingiari | No | |
| Wayne Swan Lilley | No | |
| Matt Thistlethwaite Kingsford Smith | No | |
| Kelvin Thomson Wills | No | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | No | |
| Tim Watts Gellibrand | No | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | No | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | Absent | |
| Nick Champion Wakefield | Absent | |
| David Feeney Batman | Absent | |
| Laurie Ferguson Werriwa | Absent | |
| Alan Griffin Bruce | Absent | |
| Richard Marles Corio | Absent | |
| Melissa Parke Fremantle | Absent | |
| Natasha Griggs Solomon Country Liberal Party | Yes | |
| Bruce Scott Maranoa Deputy Speaker | Yes | |
| Cathy McGowan Indi Independent | No | |
| Andrew Wilkie Denison Independent | No | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Katter's Australian Party | Absent | |
| Liberal Party (93% turnout) | 68 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Andrew Robb Goldstein | 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 | |
| Ann Sudmalis Gilmore | Yes | |
| Michael Sukkar Deakin | Yes | |
| Angus Taylor Hume | Yes | |
| Dan Tehan Wannon | Yes | |
| Alan Tudge Aston | 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 | |
| Kelly O'Dwyer Higgins | Absent | |
| Andrew Southcott Boothby | Absent | |
| Sharman Stone Murray | Absent | |
| National Party (93% turnout) | 13 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 | Absent | |
| Clive Palmer Fairfax Palmer United Party | Absent | |
| Bronwyn Bishop Mackellar Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (89% turnout) | 83 Yes – 51 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.