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representatives vote 2019-09-09#2
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Bills — Social Services Legislation Amendment (Overseas Welfare Recipients Integrity Program) Bill 2019; Second Reading- Social Services Legislation Amendment (Overseas Welfare Recipients Integrity Program) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Criticism
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<p class="speaker">Linda Burney</p><p>I pre-empt my comments on this legislation by advising that I will be moving an amendment to the legislation. The amendment has been circulated in my name, and I'm happy to go through it. I move:</p><p class="italic">That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:</p>- The majority voted against a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2019-09-09.101.1) to amend the usual [second reading motion](https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html), which is "*that the bill be read a second time*". Agreeing to read a bill for a second time is the same as agreeing with the main idea of the bill.
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- > *That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:*
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- > *"whilst not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House:*
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- > *1. notes that:*
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- >> *a. this Coalition Government has spent five years trying to cut the pension and increase the pension age to 70;*
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- >> *b. in every Budget, this Government has tried to cut the pension—including a plan to change indexation, which would have left pensioners $80 a week worse off;*
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- >> *c. the Government did a deal with the Greens political party to change the pension assets test and cut the pension for 370,000 pensioners; and*
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- >> *d. the Government spent years trying to cut the energy supplement to new pensioners; and*
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- > *2. criticises the Government for its cuts to social security, including the pension, and their ongoing demonisation of social security recipients".*
<p class="italic">"whilst not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House:</p><p class="italic">1. notes that:</p><p class="italic">a. this Coalition Government has spent five years trying to cut the pension and increase the pension age to 70;</p><p class="italic">b. in every Budget, this Government has tried to cut the pension—including a plan to change indexation, which would have left pensioners $80 a week worse off;</p><p class="italic">c. the Government did a deal with the Greens political party to change the pension assets test and cut the pension for 370,000 pensioners; and</p><p class="italic">d. the Government spent years trying to cut the energy supplement to new pensioners; and</p><p class="italic">2. criticises the Government for its cuts to social security, including the pension, and their ongoing demonisation of social security recipients".</p> <p class="speaker">Kevin Andrews</p><p>Is the amendment seconded?</p> <p class="speaker">Madeleine King</p><p>I second the amendment and reserve my right to speak.</p> <p class='motion-notice motion-notice-truncated'>Long debate text truncated.</p>
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