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representatives vote 2021-06-16#6 Edited by mackay staff on 2021-10-01 10:11:20	Title ~~Resolutions of the Senate — Jobkeeper Payment; Consideration of Senate Message~~ Resolutions of the Senate - Jobkeeper Payment - Delay consideration of Senate Message Description ~~<p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p>~~ <p>That vote was tied, so I need to exercise my casting vote. For the benefit of members who have come in, the debate that has occurred was on the amendment moved by the Leader of the Greens. The vote on the amendment was tied. In accordance with the casting-vote principles, I give my vote with the ayes, because there is not a majority for the amendment to pass. So I give my casting vote, under the well-established principles, to the ayes—that is, that the amendment be disagreed to. That means the amendment has failed. The question now is that the motion moved by the minister be agreed to.</p> The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2021-06-16.46.2): > That consideration of the message be made an order of the day for the next sitting. In other words, they voted to delay further consideration of a Senate resolution.

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~~Resolutions of the Senate — Jobkeeper Payment; Consideration of Senate Message~~
Resolutions of the Senate - Jobkeeper Payment - Delay consideration of Senate Message

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~~<p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p>~~
<p>That vote was tied, so I need to exercise my casting vote. For the benefit of members who have come in, the debate that has occurred was on the amendment moved by the Leader of the Greens. The vote on the amendment was tied. In accordance with the casting-vote principles, I give my vote with the ayes, because there is not a majority for the amendment to pass. So I give my casting vote, under the well-established principles, to the ayes—that is, that the amendment be disagreed to. That means the amendment has failed. The question now is that the motion moved by the minister be agreed to.</p>
The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2021-06-16.46.2):
> *That consideration of the message be made an order of the day for the next sitting.*
In other words, they voted to delay further consideration of a Senate resolution.