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representatives vote 2018-11-27#4
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Bills — Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018; Third Reading- Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Description
<p class="speaker">Stuart Robert</p><p>by leave—I move:</p><p class="italic">That this bill be now read a third time.</p>- The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2018-11-27.102.1) to pass the bill in the House of Representatives. This means it will now be sent to the Senate for their consideration. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read it for a third time.
- ### What does this bill do?
- 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.
<p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p><p>The question is that the bill be read a third time.</p><p>Bill read a third time.</p>
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