13th May 2021, 11:50 AM – Representatives Education Legislation Amendment (2021 Measures No. 2) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Condemn Government
Summary
EditThe majority voted in favour of keeping the usual second reading unchanged, which is "that the bill be read a second time" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill). This vote occurred after Sydney MP Tanya Plibersek (Labor) proposed the amendment below.
Amendment text
That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:
"whilst not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House notes that the Government's actions on education:
(1) have damaged Australia's world-class university sector, loading up students with a lifetime of debt;
(2) are placing thousands of university jobs at risk; and
(3) will make it harder for Australia to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic".
Votes Passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Bandt Melbourne Australian Greens | No | |
| Australian Labor Party (94% turnout) | 0 Yes – 64 No | |
| Anne Aly Cowan | No | |
| Sharon Bird Cunningham | No | |
| Chris Bowen McMahon | No | |
| Tony Burke Watson | No | |
| Linda Burney Barton | No | |
| Josh Burns Macnamara | No | |
| Mark Butler Hindmarsh | No | |
| Terri Butler Griffith | No | |
| Anthony Byrne Holt | No | |
| Jim Chalmers Rankin | No | |
| Nick Champion Spence | No | |
| Jason Clare Blaxland | No | |
| Sharon Claydon Newcastle | 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 | |
| Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter | No | |
| Mike Freelander Macarthur | No | |
| Steve Georganas Adelaide | No | |
| Andrew Giles Scullin | No | |
| Patrick Gorman Perth | No | |
| Luke Gosling Solomon | No | |
| Chris Hayes Fowler | No | |
| Julian Hill Bruce | No | |
| Ed Husic Chifley | No | |
| Stephen Jones Whitlam | No | |
| Ged Kearney Cooper | No | |
| Matt Keogh Burt | No | |
| Peter Khalil Wills | No | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | No | |
| Madeleine King Brand | No | |
| Andrew Leigh Fenner | 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 | |
| Shayne Neumann Blair | No | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | No | |
| Clare O'Neil Hotham | No | |
| Julie Owens Parramatta | No | |
| Alicia Payne Canberra | No | |
| Graham Perrett Moreton | No | |
| Fiona Phillips Gilmore | 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 | |
| Kate Thwaites Jagajaga | No | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | No | |
| Tim Watts Gellibrand | No | |
| Anika Wells Lilley | No | |
| Josh Wilson Fremantle | No | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | No | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | Absent | |
| Lisa Chesters Bendigo | Absent | |
| Richard Marles Corio | Absent | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | Absent | |
| Rebekha Sharkie Mayo Centre Alliance | Absent | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes Deputy Speaker | Yes | |
| Helen Haines Indi Independent | Yes | |
| Craig Kelly Hughes Independent | Yes | |
| Andrew Wilkie Clark Independent | No | |
| Zali Steggall Warringah Independent | Absent | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Katter's Australian Party | Absent | |
| Liberal National Party (100% turnout) | 5 Yes – 0 No | |
| Angie Bell Moncrieff | Yes | |
| Garth Hamilton Groom | Yes | |
| Julian Simmonds Ryan | Yes | |
| Phillip Thompson Herbert | Yes | |
| Terry Young Longman | Yes | |
| Liberal Party (96% turnout) | 52 Yes – 0 No | |
| John Alexander Bennelong | Yes | |
| Katie Allen Higgins | Yes | |
| Karen Andrews McPherson | Yes | |
| Kevin Andrews Menzies | Yes | |
| Bridget Archer Bass | Yes | |
| Russell Broadbent Monash | Yes | |
| Scott Buchholz Wright | Yes | |
| David Coleman Banks | Yes | |
| Vince Connelly Stirling | Yes | |
| Peter Dutton Dickson | Yes | |
| Warren Entsch Leichhardt | Yes | |
| Trevor Evans Brisbane | Yes | |
| Jason Falinski Mackellar | Yes | |
| Paul Fletcher Bradfield | Yes | |
| Nicolle Flint Boothby | Yes | |
| Josh Frydenberg Kooyong | Yes | |
| Ian Goodenough Moore | Yes | |
| Celia Hammond Curtin | Yes | |
| Andrew Hastie Canning | Yes | |
| Alex Hawke Mitchell | Yes | |
| Greg Hunt Flinders | Yes | |
| Steve Irons Swan | Yes | |
| Andrew Laming Bowman | Yes | |
| Julian Leeser Berowra | Yes | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | Yes | |
| Gladys Liu Chisholm | Yes | |
| Nola Marino Forrest | Yes | |
| Fiona Martin Reid | Yes | |
| Melissa McIntosh Lindsay | Yes | |
| Scott Morrison Cook | Yes | |
| Ben Morton Tangney | 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 | |
| Jason Wood La Trobe | Yes | |
| Ken Wyatt Hasluck | Yes | |
| Trent Zimmerman North Sydney | Yes | |
| Luke Howarth Petrie | Absent | |
| Ted O'Brien Fairfax | Absent | |
| National Party (100% turnout) | 15 Yes – 0 No | |
| Darren Chester Gippsland | Yes | |
| George Christensen Dawson | Yes | |
| Pat Conaghan Cowper | Yes | |
| Damian Drum Nicholls | Yes | |
| Andrew Gee Calare | Yes | |
| David Gillespie Lyne | Yes | |
| Kevin Hogan Page | Yes | |
| Barnaby Joyce New England | Yes | |
| Michelle Landry Capricornia | 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 | |
| Tony Smith Casey Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (93% turnout) | 75 Yes – 66 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.