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representatives vote 2020-02-13#2
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Bills — Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Bill 2019, Telecommunications (Regional Broadband Scheme) Charge Bill 2019; Second Reading- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer) Bill 2019 and another - Second Reading - Regional funding
Description
<p class='motion-notice motion-notice-truncated'>Long debate text truncated.</p>- The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2020-02-13.25.2) to the usual [second reading](https://www.peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/) motion, which is that the majority agree to read the bill for a second time (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill). This means the amendment failed.
- ### Amendment text
- > *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) evidence provided to the Senate indicates that NBN Co reduced regional investment by $200 million between 2018 and 2022 relative to the 2019 Corporate Plan;*
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- >> *(b) this decrease in regional investment was concealed in the 2020 NBN Co Corporate Plan; and*
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- >> *(c) NBN Co has given three contradictory and unsatisfactory explanations as to why investment in regional networks was reduced;*
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- > *(2) further notes significant concerns that the Government is introducing a broadband tax in the name of regional funding, while reducing regional investment in broadband networks in the NBN 2020 Corporate Plan; and*
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- > *(3) calls on the Government to restore the funding allocation for investment in regional NBN networks".*
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