Division Description Changes — Bills — Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022; Second Reading — 7th Mar 2023

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representatives vote 2023-03-07#1 Edited by mackay staff on 2023-03-10 14:57:29	Title Bills — Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022; Second Reading Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Agree with the main idea of the bill Description ~~<p class="speaker">Sharon Claydon</p>~~ <p>In accordance with standing order 133(b), I shall now proceed to put the question on the motion moved on the second reading of the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill of 2022 on which a division was called for and deferred in accordance with the standing orders. No further debate is allowed.</p> The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2023-03-07.98.2) to agree with the main idea of the bill, which is known as giving it a [second reading](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/). This means that they can now discuss the bill in more detail. ### What is the bill's main idea? According to the [explanatory memorandum](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2223a/23bd045), the bill would: * suspend the provisions in the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 (the Referendum Act) that require the production and distribution of a Yes and No case against a proposed constitutional change and impose restrictions on the Government otherwise spending money on a referendum campaign; * regulate donations and expenditure for referendum campaigns and impose reporting obligations. It would also ban foreign donations of $100 or more from being used for referendum campaigns and ban foreign campaigners authorising referendum material; and *** update the Referendum Act to generally bring it into line with updates to the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 that have been legislated in recent years. ~~<p class="speaker">Milton Dick</p>~~ ~~<p>The matter before the House is the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022. I'll state the question that this bill be read a second time.</p>~~ ~~<p></p>~~ ~~<p></p>**~~

~~Sharon Claydon~~
In accordance with standing order 133(b), I shall now proceed to put the question on the motion moved on the second reading of the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill of 2022 on which a division was called for and deferred in accordance with the standing orders. No further debate is allowed.
The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2023-03-07.98.2) to agree with the main idea of the bill, which is known as giving it a [second reading](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/). This means that they can now discuss the bill in more detail.
### What is the bill's main idea?
According to the [explanatory memorandum](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2223a/23bd045), the bill would:
* *suspend the provisions in the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 (the Referendum Act) that require the production and distribution of a Yes and No case against a proposed constitutional change and impose restrictions on the Government otherwise spending money on a referendum campaign;*
* *regulate donations and expenditure for referendum campaigns and impose reporting obligations. It would also ban foreign donations of $100 or more from being used for referendum campaigns and ban foreign campaigners authorising referendum material; and*
* *update the Referendum Act to generally bring it into line with updates to the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 that have been legislated in recent years.*
~~Milton Dick~~
~~The matter before the House is the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022. I'll state the question that this bill be read a second time.~~
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