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24th May 2018
Treasury Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Plan) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Opposition’s personal income tax plan
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
23rd May 2018, 7:18 PM – Representatives Treasury Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Plan) Bill 2018 - Consideration in Detail - Labor's personal income tax cuts
Summary
EditThe majority voted against amendments (8) to (11) moved by Labor MP Chris Bowen, which means they failed.
These amendments were related to the Labor Party's policy for "bigger and better personal income tax cuts" from 1 July 2019.
What does this bill do?
- introduce a low and middle income tax offset to reduce the tax payable by low and middle income earners that are Australian residents in the 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 financial years;
- merge the low and middle income offset and the current low income tax offset into a new low income tax offset from the 2022-23 financial year; and
- progressively increase the income tax rate thresholds in the 2018-19, 2022-23 and 2024-25 financial years.
Votes Not passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Bandt Melbourne Australian Greens | Absent | |
| Australian Labor Party (92% turnout) | 60 Yes – 0 No | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | Yes | |
| Anne Aly Cowan | Yes | |
| Sharon Bird Cunningham | Yes | |
| Chris Bowen McMahon | Yes | |
| Gai Brodtmann Canberra | Yes | |
| Tony Burke Watson | Yes | |
| Linda Burney Barton | Yes | |
| Mark Butler Port Adelaide | Yes | |
| Terri Butler Griffith | Yes | |
| Anthony Byrne Holt | Yes | |
| Jim Chalmers Rankin | Yes | |
| Nick Champion Wakefield | Yes | |
| Lisa Chesters Bendigo | Yes | |
| Sharon Claydon Newcastle | Yes | |
| Julie Collins Franklin | Yes | |
| Pat Conroy Shortland | Yes | |
| Michael Danby Melbourne Ports | Yes | |
| Milton Dick Oxley | Yes | |
| Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | Yes | |
| Justine Elliot Richmond | Yes | |
| Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter | Yes | |
| Steve Georganas Hindmarsh | Yes | |
| Andrew Giles Scullin | Yes | |
| Luke Gosling Solomon | Yes | |
| Ross Hart Bass | Yes | |
| Chris Hayes Fowler | Yes | |
| Julian Hill Bruce | Yes | |
| Emma Husar Lindsay | Yes | |
| Ed Husic Chifley | Yes | |
| Stephen Jones Whitlam | Yes | |
| Ged Kearney Batman | Yes | |
| Mike Kelly Eden-Monaro | Yes | |
| Matt Keogh Burt | Yes | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | Yes | |
| Madeleine King Brand | Yes | |
| Andrew Leigh Fenner | Yes | |
| Jenny Macklin Jagajaga | Yes | |
| Richard Marles Corio | Yes | |
| Emma McBride Dobell | Yes | |
| Brian Mitchell Lyons | Yes | |
| Rob Mitchell McEwen | Yes | |
| Shayne Neumann Blair | Yes | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | Yes | |
| Clare O'Neil Hotham | Yes | |
| Cathy O'Toole Herbert | Yes | |
| Julie Owens Parramatta | Yes | |
| Graham Perrett Moreton | Yes | |
| Amanda Rishworth Kingston | Yes | |
| Michelle Rowland Greenway | Yes | |
| Joanne Ryan Lalor | Yes | |
| Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | Yes | |
| Warren Snowdon Lingiari | Yes | |
| Anne Stanley Werriwa | Yes | |
| Wayne Swan Lilley | Yes | |
| Meryl Swanson Paterson | Yes | |
| Susan Templeman Macquarie | Yes | |
| Matt Thistlethwaite Kingsford Smith | Yes | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | Yes | |
| Tim Watts Gellibrand | Yes | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | Yes | |
| Jason Clare Blaxland | Absent | |
| Kate Ellis Adelaide | Absent | |
| Mike Freelander Macarthur | Absent | |
| Peter Khalil Wills | Absent | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | Absent | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes Deputy Speaker | Absent | |
| Andrew Wilkie Denison Independent | Yes | |
| Cathy McGowan Indi Independent | No | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Katter's Australian Party | Absent | |
| Liberal Party (95% turnout) | 0 Yes – 56 No | |
| Tony Abbott Warringah | No | |
| John Alexander Bennelong | No | |
| Karen Andrews McPherson | No | |
| Kevin Andrews Menzies | No | |
| Julia Banks Chisholm | No | |
| Russell Broadbent McMillan | No | |
| Scott Buchholz Wright | No | |
| Steven Ciobo Moncrieff | No | |
| David Coleman Banks | No | |
| Chris Crewther Dunkley | No | |
| Peter Dutton Dickson | No | |
| Warren Entsch Leichhardt | No | |
| Trevor Evans Brisbane | No | |
| Jason Falinski Mackellar | No | |
| Paul Fletcher Bradfield | No | |
| Nicolle Flint Boothby | No | |
| Josh Frydenberg Kooyong | No | |
| Ian Goodenough Moore | No | |
| Andrew Hastie Canning | No | |
| Alex Hawke Mitchell | No | |
| Sarah Henderson Corangamite | No | |
| Luke Howarth Petrie | No | |
| Greg Hunt Flinders | No | |
| Steve Irons Swan | No | |
| Michael Keenan Stirling | No | |
| Craig Kelly Hughes | No | |
| Andrew Laming Bowman | No | |
| Craig Laundy Reid | No | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | No | |
| Nola Marino Forrest | No | |
| John McVeigh Groom | No | |
| Scott Morrison Cook | No | |
| Ben Morton Tangney | No | |
| Ted O'Brien Fairfax | 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 | |
| Stuart Robert Fadden | 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 | |
| Ross Vasta Bonner | No | |
| Andrew Wallace Fisher | No | |
| Lucy Wicks Robertson | No | |
| Rick Wilson O'Connor | No | |
| Tim Wilson Goldstein | No | |
| Jason Wood La Trobe | No | |
| Ken Wyatt Hasluck | No | |
| Trent Zimmerman North Sydney | No | |
| Julie Bishop Curtin | Absent | |
| Julian Leeser Berowra | Absent | |
| Bert Van Manen Forde | Absent | |
| National Party (87% turnout) | 0 Yes – 13 No | |
| Andrew Broad Mallee | No | |
| Darren Chester Gippsland | No | |
| George Christensen Dawson | No | |
| Damian Drum Murray | No | |
| Andrew Gee Calare | 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 | |
| Llew O'Brien Wide Bay | No | |
| Ken O'Dowd Flynn | No | |
| David Littleproud Maranoa | Absent | |
| Keith Pitt Hinkler | Absent | |
| Tony Smith Casey Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (90% turnout) | 61 Yes – 70 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.