edited
10th Feb 2023
Migration Amendment (Aggregate Sentences) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 67% attendance
13th Feb 2023, 4:36 PM – Representatives Migration Amendment (Aggregate Sentences) Bill 2023 - Consideration in Detail - Exception
Summary
EditThe majority voted in favour of disagreeing of a motion introduced by Goldstein MP Zoe Daniel (Independent), which means it failed.
Amendment text
(1) Page 7 (after line 33), at the end of the Bill, add:
Schedule 2 — Character test
Migration Act 1958
1 After subsection 501(7)
Insert:
(7AA) Paragraphs (7)(c) and (d) do not apply if the person has been sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 2 years or less, and any of the following apply:
(a) the person is a person for whom a protection finding within the meaning of subsections 197C(4) to (7) has been made;
(b) the person is a person in respect of whom Australia has non-refoulement obligations;
(c) the person is stateless;
(d) the person has arrived in Australia and has been granted a visa on humanitarian grounds.
Votes Passed by a modest majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Greens (100% turnout) | 0 Yes – 4 No | |
| Adam Bandt Melbourne | No | |
| Stephen Bates Brisbane | No | |
| Max Chandler-Mather Griffith | No | |
| Elizabeth Watson-Brown Ryan | No | |
| Australian Labor Party (57% turnout) | 43 Yes – 0 No | |
| Michelle Ananda-Rajah Higgins | Yes | |
| Matt Burnell Spence | Yes | |
| Josh Burns Macnamara | Yes | |
| Mark Butler Hindmarsh | Yes | |
| Alison Byrnes Cunningham | Yes | |
| Andrew Charlton Parramatta | Yes | |
| Lisa Chesters Bendigo | Yes | |
| Sharon Claydon Newcastle | Yes | |
| Justine Elliot Richmond | Yes | |
| Cassandra Fernando Holt | Yes | |
| Carina Garland Chisholm | Yes | |
| Steve Georganas Adelaide | Yes | |
| Andrew Giles Scullin | Yes | |
| Patrick Gorman Perth | Yes | |
| Julian Hill Bruce | Yes | |
| Ed Husic Chifley | Yes | |
| Matt Keogh Burt | Yes | |
| Tania Lawrence Hasluck | Yes | |
| Jerome Laxale Bennelong | Yes | |
| Sam Lim Tangney | Yes | |
| Zaneta Mascarenhas Swan | Yes | |
| Louise Miller-Frost Boothby | Yes | |
| Brian Mitchell Lyons | Yes | |
| Rob Mitchell McEwen | Yes | |
| Daniel Mulino Fraser | Yes | |
| Peta Murphy Dunkley | Yes | |
| Shayne Neumann Blair | Yes | |
| Clare O'Neil Hotham | Yes | |
| Graham Perrett Moreton | Yes | |
| Sam Rae Hawke | Yes | |
| Gordon Reid Robertson | Yes | |
| Dan Repacholi Hunter | Yes | |
| Tracey Roberts Pearce | Yes | |
| Joanne Ryan Lalor | Yes | |
| Marion Scrymgour Lingiari | Yes | |
| Sally Sitou Reid | Yes | |
| David Smith Bean | Yes | |
| Anne Stanley Werriwa | Yes | |
| Susan Templeman Macquarie | Yes | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | Yes | |
| Tim Watts Gellibrand | Yes | |
| Anika Wells Lilley | Yes | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | Yes | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | Absent | |
| Anne Aly Cowan | Absent | |
| Chris Bowen McMahon | Absent | |
| Tony Burke Watson | Absent | |
| Linda Burney Barton | Absent | |
| Jim Chalmers Rankin | Absent | |
| Jason Clare Blaxland | Absent | |
| Libby Coker Corangamite | Absent | |
| Julie Collins Franklin | Absent | |
| Pat Conroy Shortland | Absent | |
| Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | Absent | |
| Mike Freelander Macarthur | Absent | |
| Luke Gosling Solomon | Absent | |
| Stephen Jones Whitlam | Absent | |
| Ged Kearney Cooper | Absent | |
| Peter Khalil Wills | Absent | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | Absent | |
| Madeleine King Brand | Absent | |
| Andrew Leigh Fenner | Absent | |
| Richard Marles Corio | Absent | |
| Kristy McBain Eden-Monaro | Absent | |
| Emma McBride Dobell | Absent | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | Absent | |
| Alicia Payne Canberra | Absent | |
| Fiona Phillips Gilmore | Absent | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | Absent | |
| Amanda Rishworth Kingston | Absent | |
| Michelle Rowland Greenway | Absent | |
| Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | Absent | |
| Meryl Swanson Paterson | Absent | |
| Matt Thistlethwaite Kingsford Smith | Absent | |
| Kate Thwaites Jagajaga | Absent | |
| Josh Wilson Fremantle | Absent | |
| Rebekha Sharkie Mayo Centre Alliance | Yes | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes Deputy Speaker | Yes | |
| Dai Le Fowler Independent | Yes | |
| Kate Chaney Curtin Independent | No | |
| Zoe Daniel Goldstein Independent | No | |
| Helen Haines Indi Independent | No | |
| Monique Ryan Kooyong Independent | No | |
| Sophie Scamps Mackellar Independent | No | |
| Allegra Spender Wentworth Independent | No | |
| Zali Steggall Warringah Independent | No | |
| Kylea Tink North Sydney Independent | No | |
| Andrew Wilkie Clark Independent | No | |
| Andrew Gee Calare Independent | Absent | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Katter's Australian Party | Absent | |
| Liberal National Party (0% turnout) | Absent | |
| Angie Bell Moncrieff | Absent | |
| Colin Boyce Flynn | Absent | |
| Garth Hamilton Groom | Absent | |
| Henry Pike Bowman | Absent | |
| Phillip Thompson Herbert | Absent | |
| Andrew Wallace Fisher | Absent | |
| Andrew Willcox Dawson | Absent | |
| Terry Young Longman | Absent | |
| Liberal Party (11% turnout) | 4 Yes – 0 No | |
| Melissa McIntosh Lindsay | Yes | |
| Melissa Price Durack | Yes | |
| Rowan Ramsey Grey | Yes | |
| Dan Tehan Wannon | Yes | |
| Karen Andrews McPherson | Absent | |
| Bridget Archer Bass | Absent | |
| Russell Broadbent Monash | Absent | |
| Scott Buchholz Wright | Absent | |
| David Coleman Banks | Absent | |
| Peter Dutton Dickson | Absent | |
| Warren Entsch Leichhardt | Absent | |
| Paul Fletcher Bradfield | Absent | |
| Ian Goodenough Moore | Absent | |
| Andrew Hastie Canning | Absent | |
| Alex Hawke Mitchell | Absent | |
| Luke Howarth Petrie | Absent | |
| Julian Leeser Berowra | Absent | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | Absent | |
| Nola Marino Forrest | Absent | |
| Zoe McKenzie Flinders | Absent | |
| Scott Morrison Cook | Absent | |
| Ted O'Brien Fairfax | Absent | |
| Tony Pasin Barker | Absent | |
| Gavin Pearce Braddon | Absent | |
| Stuart Robert Fadden | Absent | |
| James Stevens Sturt | Absent | |
| Michael Sukkar Deakin | Absent | |
| Angus Taylor Hume | Absent | |
| Alan Tudge Aston | Absent | |
| Bert Van Manen Forde | Absent | |
| Ross Vasta Bonner | Absent | |
| Aaron Violi Casey | Absent | |
| Jenny Ware Hughes | Absent | |
| Rick Wilson O'Connor | Absent | |
| Keith Wolahan Menzies | Absent | |
| Jason Wood La Trobe | Absent | |
| National Party (33% turnout) | 4 Yes – 0 No | |
| Andrew Gee Calare | Yes | |
| David Littleproud Maranoa | Yes | |
| Michael McCormack Riverina | Yes | |
| Keith Pitt Hinkler | Yes | |
| Sam Birrell Nicholls | Absent | |
| Darren Chester Gippsland | Absent | |
| Pat Conaghan Cowper | Absent | |
| David Gillespie Lyne | Absent | |
| Kevin Hogan Page | Absent | |
| Barnaby Joyce New England | Absent | |
| Michelle Landry Capricornia | Absent | |
| Llew O'Brien Wide Bay | Absent | |
| Anne Webster Mallee | Absent | |
| Milton Dick Oxley Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (44% turnout) | 54 Yes – 13 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.