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representatives vote 2019-02-21#5
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Bills — Future Drought Fund Bill 2018, Future Drought Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2018; Consideration in Detail- Future Drought Fund Bill 2018 and Future Drought Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2018 - Consideration in Detail - Agree with the bills as amended
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<p class='motion-notice motion-notice-truncated'>Long debate text truncated.</p>- The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2019-02-21.41.1) to agree with the bills as amended. This means they can now stop discussing the bills in detail and instead decide whether they want to pass the bill in the House.
- ### What do the bills do?
- According to the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1819a/19bd058):
- > *The purpose of the Future Drought Fund Bill 2018 (the Fund Bill) is to establish the Future Drought Fund which includes the Future Drought Fund Special Account, and the Agriculture Future Drought Resilience Special Account to fund initiatives that enhance future drought resilience, preparedness and response across Australia.*
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- > *The purpose of the Future Drought Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2018 (the Consequential Amendments Bill) is to make consequential amendments to a number of existing statutes to:*
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- > * *extend the Future Fund Board’s duties to include managing the Future Drought Fund and*
- > * *allow for amounts to be transferred between the Future Drought Fund and the Future Fund.*
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