Division Description Changes — Bills — Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018; Second Reading — 27th Nov 2018

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representatives vote 2018-11-27#2 Edited by mackay staff on 2019-01-10 12:44:59	Title Bills — Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018; Second Reading Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea Description ~~<p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p>~~ ~~<p>The question is that this bill be now read a second time.</p>~~ The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2018-11-27.102.1) to agree with the main idea of the bill. This means they can now discuss it in more detail. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read it for a [second time](https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html). ### What is the bill's main idea? This [bill](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r6168), together with the [Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Bill 2018](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r6167), was introduced to: > bring the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and the Family Court of Australia together into an overarching, unified administrative structure to be known as the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia. Note that on 23 August 2018, the Senate referred the provisions of these two related bills to the [Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs/FederalCourts) for inquiry and report by 15 April 2019.

Bills — Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018; Second Reading
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea

~~<p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p>~~
~~<p>The question is that this bill be now read a second time.</p>~~
The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2018-11-27.102.1) to agree with the main idea of the bill. This means they can now discuss it in more detail. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read it for a [second time](https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html).
### What is the bill's main idea?
This [bill](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r6168), together with the [Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Bill 2018](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r6167), was introduced to:
> *bring the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and the Family Court of Australia together into an overarching, unified administrative structure to be known as the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.*
Note that on 23 August 2018, the Senate referred the provisions of these two related bills to the [Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs/FederalCourts) for inquiry and report by 15 April 2019.