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representatives vote 2020-04-08#6
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Bills — Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020, Coronavirus Economic Response Package Omnibus (Measures No. 2) Bill 2020, Appropriation Bill (No. 5) 2019-2020, Appropriation Bill (No. 6) 2019-2020; Second Reading- Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020 and related bills - Second Reading - Working visa holders
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<p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p><p>The question now is that the amendment moved by the honourable member for Corio be disagreed to.</p> - The majority voted in favour of disagreeing with the [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2020-04-08.16.1) to the usual [second reading](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/) motion "*that the bill be read for a second time*" (which is parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill). This mean that the amendment failed.
- This amendment was introduced by Corio MP [Richard Marles](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/corio/richard_marles) (Labor) and, if it had been successful, its text would have been added to the usual second reading motion as a note. In other words, it didn't seek to change the actual text of the bills.
- MP Marles explained the rationale behind his amendment in [his contribution](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2020-04-08.16.1) to the debate.
- ### Amendment text
- > *That the following words be added after paragraph (5):*
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- > *"(6) calls on the Government to extend the JobKeeper payment to any working visa holder that is currently in Australia and unable to return to their country of origin".*
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