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4th Dec 2020
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Family Court
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 81% attendance
1st Dec 2020, 5:05 PM – Representatives Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Summary
EditThe majority voted in favour of a motion to agree with the main idea of the bill. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill for a second time. They will now decide on whether to pass the bill in the House of Representatives.
What does the bill do?
The bill was introduced along with Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2019. Together, the purpose of the bills is to combine the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and the Family Court of Australia into a single Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia. The effect of this is to abolish the Family Court as a stand-alone court.
Votes Passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Bandt Melbourne Australian Greens | No | |
| Australian Labor Party (79% turnout) | 0 Yes – 54 No | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | No | |
| Anne Aly Cowan | No | |
| Chris Bowen McMahon | No | |
| Tony Burke Watson | No | |
| Josh Burns Macnamara | No | |
| Mark Butler Hindmarsh | No | |
| Terri Butler Griffith | No | |
| Anthony Byrne Holt | No | |
| Jim Chalmers Rankin | No | |
| Lisa Chesters Bendigo | No | |
| Jason Clare Blaxland | No | |
| Libby Coker Corangamite | No | |
| Julie Collins Franklin | No | |
| Pat Conroy Shortland | No | |
| Milton Dick Oxley | No | |
| Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | No | |
| Justine Elliot Richmond | No | |
| Mike Freelander Macarthur | No | |
| Steve Georganas Adelaide | No | |
| Andrew Giles Scullin | No | |
| Luke Gosling Solomon | No | |
| Julian Hill Bruce | No | |
| Ed Husic Chifley | No | |
| Stephen Jones Whitlam | No | |
| Ged Kearney Cooper | No | |
| Peter Khalil Wills | No | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | No | |
| Madeleine King Brand | No | |
| Kristy McBain Eden-Monaro | No | |
| Emma McBride Dobell | No | |
| Brian Mitchell Lyons | No | |
| Rob Mitchell McEwen | No | |
| Daniel Mulino Fraser | No | |
| Peta Murphy Dunkley | No | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | No | |
| Clare O'Neil Hotham | No | |
| Julie Owens Parramatta | No | |
| Graham Perrett Moreton | No | |
| Fiona Phillips Gilmore | No | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | No | |
| Amanda Rishworth Kingston | No | |
| Michelle Rowland Greenway | No | |
| Joanne Ryan Lalor | No | |
| Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | No | |
| David Smith Bean | No | |
| Warren Snowdon Lingiari | No | |
| Anne Stanley Werriwa | No | |
| Meryl Swanson Paterson | No | |
| Susan Templeman Macquarie | No | |
| Matt Thistlethwaite Kingsford Smith | No | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | No | |
| Tim Watts Gellibrand | No | |
| Josh Wilson Fremantle | No | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | No | |
| Sharon Bird Cunningham | Absent | |
| Linda Burney Barton | Absent | |
| Nick Champion Spence | Absent | |
| Sharon Claydon Newcastle | Absent | |
| Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter | Absent | |
| Patrick Gorman Perth | Absent | |
| Chris Hayes Fowler | Absent | |
| Matt Keogh Burt | Absent | |
| Andrew Leigh Fenner | Absent | |
| Richard Marles Corio | Absent | |
| Shayne Neumann Blair | Absent | |
| Alicia Payne Canberra | Absent | |
| Kate Thwaites Jagajaga | Absent | |
| Anika Wells Lilley | Absent | |
| Rebekha Sharkie Mayo Centre Alliance | No | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes Deputy Speaker | Yes | |
| Helen Haines Indi Independent | No | |
| Zali Steggall Warringah Independent | No | |
| Andrew Wilkie Clark Independent | No | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Katter's Australian Party | No | |
| Liberal National Party (100% turnout) | 4 Yes – 0 No | |
| Angie Bell Moncrieff | Yes | |
| Julian Simmonds Ryan | Yes | |
| Phillip Thompson Herbert | Yes | |
| Terry Young Longman | Yes | |
| Liberal Party (80% turnout) | 44 Yes – 0 No | |
| John Alexander Bennelong | Yes | |
| Katie Allen Higgins | Yes | |
| Karen Andrews McPherson | Yes | |
| Kevin Andrews Menzies | Yes | |
| Russell Broadbent Monash | Yes | |
| Vince Connelly Stirling | Yes | |
| Peter Dutton Dickson | Yes | |
| Warren Entsch Leichhardt | Yes | |
| Jason Falinski Mackellar | Yes | |
| Paul Fletcher Bradfield | Yes | |
| Nicolle Flint Boothby | Yes | |
| Josh Frydenberg Kooyong | Yes | |
| Celia Hammond Curtin | Yes | |
| Andrew Hastie Canning | Yes | |
| Alex Hawke Mitchell | Yes | |
| Greg Hunt Flinders | Yes | |
| Craig Kelly Hughes | Yes | |
| Andrew Laming Bowman | Yes | |
| Julian Leeser Berowra | Yes | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | Yes | |
| Gladys Liu Chisholm | Yes | |
| Fiona Martin Reid | Yes | |
| Melissa McIntosh Lindsay | Yes | |
| Ted O'Brien Fairfax | Yes | |
| Tony Pasin Barker | Yes | |
| Gavin Pearce Braddon | Yes | |
| Christian Porter Pearce | Yes | |
| Melissa Price Durack | Yes | |
| Rowan Ramsey Grey | Yes | |
| Stuart Robert Fadden | Yes | |
| Dave Sharma Wentworth | Yes | |
| James Stevens Sturt | Yes | |
| Michael Sukkar Deakin | Yes | |
| Angus Taylor Hume | Yes | |
| Dan Tehan Wannon | Yes | |
| Alan Tudge Aston | Yes | |
| Bert Van Manen Forde | Yes | |
| Ross Vasta Bonner | Yes | |
| Andrew Wallace Fisher | Yes | |
| Lucy Wicks Robertson | Yes | |
| Rick Wilson O'Connor | Yes | |
| Tim Wilson Goldstein | Yes | |
| Ken Wyatt Hasluck | Yes | |
| Trent Zimmerman North Sydney | Yes | |
| Bridget Archer Bass | Absent | |
| Scott Buchholz Wright | Absent | |
| David Coleman Banks | Absent | |
| Trevor Evans Brisbane | Absent | |
| Ian Goodenough Moore | Absent | |
| Luke Howarth Petrie | Absent | |
| Steve Irons Swan | Absent | |
| Nola Marino Forrest | Absent | |
| Scott Morrison Cook | Absent | |
| Ben Morton Tangney | Absent | |
| Jason Wood La Trobe | Absent | |
| National Party (80% turnout) | 12 Yes – 0 No | |
| George Christensen Dawson | Yes | |
| Pat Conaghan Cowper | Yes | |
| Damian Drum Nicholls | Yes | |
| Andrew Gee Calare | Yes | |
| David Gillespie Lyne | Yes | |
| Barnaby Joyce New England | Yes | |
| David Littleproud Maranoa | Yes | |
| Michael McCormack Riverina | Yes | |
| Llew O'Brien Wide Bay | Yes | |
| Ken O'Dowd Flynn | Yes | |
| Keith Pitt Hinkler | Yes | |
| Anne Webster Mallee | Yes | |
| Darren Chester Gippsland | Absent | |
| Kevin Hogan Page | Absent | |
| Michelle Landry Capricornia | Absent | |
| Tony Smith Casey Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (81% turnout) | 61 Yes – 60 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.