Bills — Treasury Laws Amendment (More Flexible Superannuation) Bill 2020; Second Reading
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 50% attendance
17th Jun 2021, 4:45 PM – Representatives Treasury Laws Amendment (More Flexible Superannuation) Bill 2020 - Consideration of Senate Message - Agree and pass the bill
Summary
EditThe majority voted in favour of a motion "That the amendments be agreed to." The amendments were passed in the Senate and returned to the House for our MPs' consideration. Because this vote was successful, this bill will now become law.
What does the bill do?
The bill was introduced in order "to enable individuals aged 65 and 66 to make up to three years of non-concessional superannuation contributions under the bring forward rule."
According to the Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Whitlam MP Stephen Jones (Labor):
This is a provision which benefits a large group of politicians but a very small group of Australians. At a time when we are trying to resolve the complex issues around superannuation, it is extraordinary in the extreme that this is the priority of this government—a measure that benefits a large group of politicians but a very small group of Australians who earn over $275,000 a year. It's not a priority and Labor won't be supporting the measure.
Votes Passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Bandt Melbourne Australian Greens | No | |
| Australian Labor Party (91% turnout) | 0 Yes – 62 No | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | 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 | |
| Jason Clare Blaxland | No | |
| Sharon Claydon Newcastle | No | |
| Libby Coker Corangamite | 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 | |
| Richard Marles Corio | No | |
| Kristy McBain Eden-Monaro | No | |
| Emma McBride Dobell | No | |
| Brian Mitchell Lyons | No | |
| Rob Mitchell McEwen | No | |
| Peta Murphy Dunkley | No | |
| Shayne Neumann Blair | No | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | 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 | |
| Kate Thwaites Jagajaga | No | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | No | |
| Tim Watts Gellibrand | No | |
| Anika Wells Lilley | No | |
| Josh Wilson Fremantle | No | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | No | |
| Nick Champion Spence | Absent | |
| Lisa Chesters Bendigo | Absent | |
| Julie Collins Franklin | Absent | |
| Daniel Mulino Fraser | Absent | |
| Clare O'Neil Hotham | Absent | |
| Alicia Payne Canberra | Absent | |
| Rebekha Sharkie Mayo Centre Alliance | Yes | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes Deputy Speaker | Yes | |
| Helen Haines Indi Independent | Yes | |
| Craig Kelly Hughes Independent | Yes | |
| Zali Steggall Warringah Independent | Yes | |
| Andrew Wilkie Clark Independent | No | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Katter's Australian Party | Yes | |
| 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 (89% turnout) | 48 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 | |
| Trevor Evans Brisbane | 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 | |
| Luke Howarth Petrie | 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 | |
| Ben Morton Tangney | Yes | |
| Ted O'Brien Fairfax | Yes | |
| Tony Pasin Barker | 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 | |
| Rick Wilson O'Connor | Yes | |
| Tim Wilson Goldstein | Yes | |
| Jason Wood La Trobe | Yes | |
| Ken Wyatt Hasluck | Yes | |
| Warren Entsch Leichhardt | Absent | |
| Ian Goodenough Moore | Absent | |
| Scott Morrison Cook | Absent | |
| Gavin Pearce Braddon | Absent | |
| Lucy Wicks Robertson | Absent | |
| Trent Zimmerman North Sydney | 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 (91% turnout) | 74 Yes – 64 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.