edited
31st Jul 2020
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing Trial) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 89% attendance
17th Oct 2019, 11:29 AM – Representatives Social Services Legislation Amendment (Drug Testing Trial) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Disagree with bill's main idea
Summary
EditThe majority voted against an amendment to the usual second reading motion "that the bill be read for a second time" (in other words, that the majority agree with the bill's main idea), which means the amendment failed. The amendment was introduced by Barton MP Linda Burney (Labor).
Amendment text
"The House declines to give the bill a second reading and:
(1) notes the overwhelming medical, expert and overseas evidence that this bill will not work to address addiction, decrease unemployment or create jobs; and
(2) calls on the Government to reject the bill and instead pursue evidence-based policy and invest in quality health and social services".
What does the bill do?
According to the bills digest:
The purpose of the Bill is to establish a drug testing trial of 5,000 new recipients of Newstart Allowance (NA) and Youth Allowance (other) (YA) in three discrete locations over two years.
Votes Not passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Bandt Melbourne Australian Greens | Yes | |
| Australian Labor Party (87% turnout) | 59 Yes – 0 No | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | Yes | |
| Anne Aly Cowan | Yes | |
| Sharon Bird Cunningham | Yes | |
| Chris Bowen McMahon | Yes | |
| Tony Burke Watson | Yes | |
| Linda Burney Barton | Yes | |
| Josh Burns Macnamara | Yes | |
| Mark Butler Hindmarsh | Yes | |
| Terri Butler Griffith | Yes | |
| Anthony Byrne Holt | Yes | |
| Jim Chalmers Rankin | Yes | |
| Lisa Chesters Bendigo | Yes | |
| Jason Clare Blaxland | Yes | |
| Sharon Claydon Newcastle | Yes | |
| Libby Coker Corangamite | Yes | |
| Julie Collins Franklin | Yes | |
| Pat Conroy Shortland | Yes | |
| Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | Yes | |
| Justine Elliot Richmond | Yes | |
| Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter | Yes | |
| Andrew Giles Scullin | Yes | |
| Patrick Gorman Perth | Yes | |
| Luke Gosling Solomon | Yes | |
| Ed Husic Chifley | Yes | |
| Stephen Jones Whitlam | Yes | |
| Ged Kearney Cooper | Yes | |
| Matt Keogh Burt | Yes | |
| Peter Khalil Wills | Yes | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | Yes | |
| Madeleine King Brand | Yes | |
| Andrew Leigh Fenner | Yes | |
| Richard Marles Corio | Yes | |
| Emma McBride Dobell | Yes | |
| Brian Mitchell Lyons | Yes | |
| Rob Mitchell McEwen | Yes | |
| Daniel Mulino Fraser | Yes | |
| Peta Murphy Dunkley | Yes | |
| Shayne Neumann Blair | Yes | |
| Clare O'Neil Hotham | Yes | |
| Julie Owens Parramatta | Yes | |
| Alicia Payne Canberra | Yes | |
| Graham Perrett Moreton | Yes | |
| Fiona Phillips Gilmore | Yes | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | Yes | |
| Michelle Rowland Greenway | Yes | |
| Joanne Ryan Lalor | Yes | |
| Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | Yes | |
| David Smith Bean | Yes | |
| Warren Snowdon Lingiari | Yes | |
| Anne Stanley Werriwa | Yes | |
| Meryl Swanson Paterson | Yes | |
| Susan Templeman Macquarie | Yes | |
| Matt Thistlethwaite Kingsford Smith | Yes | |
| Kate Thwaites Jagajaga | Yes | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | Yes | |
| Tim Watts Gellibrand | Yes | |
| Anika Wells Lilley | Yes | |
| Josh Wilson Fremantle | Yes | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | Yes | |
| Nick Champion Spence | Absent | |
| Milton Dick Oxley | Absent | |
| Mike Freelander Macarthur | Absent | |
| Steve Georganas Adelaide | Absent | |
| Chris Hayes Fowler | Absent | |
| Julian Hill Bruce | Absent | |
| Mike Kelly Eden-Monaro | Absent | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | Absent | |
| Amanda Rishworth Kingston | Absent | |
| Rebekha Sharkie Mayo Centre Alliance | Yes | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes Deputy Speaker | Absent | |
| Helen Haines Indi Independent | Yes | |
| Andrew Wilkie Clark Independent | Yes | |
| Zali Steggall Warringah Independent | No | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Katter's Australian Party | No | |
| Liberal National Party (100% turnout) | 0 Yes – 4 No | |
| Angie Bell Moncrieff | No | |
| Julian Simmonds Ryan | No | |
| Phillip Thompson Herbert | No | |
| Terry Young Longman | No | |
| Liberal Party (89% turnout) | 0 Yes – 50 No | |
| John Alexander Bennelong | No | |
| Katie Allen Higgins | No | |
| Karen Andrews McPherson | No | |
| Kevin Andrews Menzies | No | |
| Bridget Archer Bass | No | |
| Scott Buchholz Wright | No | |
| David Coleman Banks | No | |
| Vince Connelly Stirling | 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 | |
| Ian Goodenough Moore | No | |
| Celia Hammond Curtin | No | |
| Andrew Hastie Canning | No | |
| Alex Hawke Mitchell | No | |
| Luke Howarth Petrie | No | |
| Greg Hunt Flinders | No | |
| Steve Irons Swan | No | |
| Craig Kelly Hughes | No | |
| Andrew Laming Bowman | No | |
| Julian Leeser Berowra | No | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | No | |
| Gladys Liu Chisholm | No | |
| Nola Marino Forrest | No | |
| Fiona Martin Reid | No | |
| Melissa McIntosh Lindsay | No | |
| John McVeigh Groom | No | |
| Scott Morrison Cook | No | |
| Ben Morton Tangney | No | |
| Ted O'Brien Fairfax | No | |
| Tony Pasin Barker | No | |
| Gavin Pearce Braddon | No | |
| Christian Porter Pearce | No | |
| Melissa Price Durack | No | |
| Rowan Ramsey Grey | No | |
| Stuart Robert Fadden | No | |
| Dave Sharma Wentworth | No | |
| James Stevens Sturt | No | |
| Angus Taylor Hume | No | |
| Dan Tehan Wannon | No | |
| Alan Tudge Aston | No | |
| Bert Van Manen Forde | No | |
| Rick Wilson O'Connor | No | |
| Tim Wilson Goldstein | No | |
| Jason Wood La Trobe | No | |
| Ken Wyatt Hasluck | No | |
| Trent Zimmerman North Sydney | No | |
| Russell Broadbent Monash | Absent | |
| Josh Frydenberg Kooyong | Absent | |
| Michael Sukkar Deakin | Absent | |
| Ross Vasta Bonner | Absent | |
| Andrew Wallace Fisher | Absent | |
| Lucy Wicks Robertson | Absent | |
| National Party (93% turnout) | 0 Yes – 14 No | |
| Darren Chester Gippsland | No | |
| Pat Conaghan Cowper | No | |
| Damian Drum Nicholls | No | |
| Andrew Gee Calare | No | |
| David Gillespie Lyne | No | |
| Kevin Hogan Page | No | |
| Barnaby Joyce New England | No | |
| Michelle Landry Capricornia | No | |
| David Littleproud Maranoa | No | |
| Michael McCormack Riverina | No | |
| Llew O'Brien Wide Bay | No | |
| Ken O'Dowd Flynn | No | |
| Keith Pitt Hinkler | No | |
| Anne Webster Mallee | No | |
| George Christensen Dawson | Absent | |
| Tony Smith Casey Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (88% turnout) | 63 Yes – 70 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.