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10th Mar 2023
Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Agree with the main idea of the bill
Passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 93% attendance
7th Mar 2023, 4:44 PM – Representatives Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Misleading and deceptive advertising
Summary
EditThe majority voted in favour of disagreeing with amendments introduced by Warringah MP Zali Steggall (Independent), which means they failed.
What would these amendments do?
Ms Steggall explained that:
These amendments seek to prevent misleading and deceptive advertising in the upcoming referendum campaign. These amendments, which will prohibit misleading or deceptive political advertising and referenda advertising, are a practical, popular and proven way to clean up our politics. They approach the regulation of political advertising with caution and respect for our constitutional freedom of political communication.
They are also urgent. We live in a world where our democracy is under attack from disinformation. A vote based on lies and misleading information lacks social licence and divides our communities. It lacks legitimacy and erodes trust in election results.
Votes Passed by a modest majority
There was 1 rebellion in this division.
- Andrew Gee voted No against the majority of the National 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 (54% turnout) | 41 Yes – 0 No | |
| Michelle Ananda-Rajah Higgins | Yes | |
| Matt Burnell Spence | Yes | |
| Linda Burney Barton | Yes | |
| Josh Burns Macnamara | Yes | |
| Lisa Chesters Bendigo | Yes | |
| Sharon Claydon Newcastle | Yes | |
| Julie Collins Franklin | Yes | |
| Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | 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 | |
| Jerome Laxale Bennelong | Yes | |
| Andrew Leigh Fenner | Yes | |
| Sam Lim Tangney | Yes | |
| Zaneta Mascarenhas Swan | Yes | |
| Kristy McBain Eden-Monaro | Yes | |
| Emma McBride Dobell | Yes | |
| Louise Miller-Frost Boothby | Yes | |
| Rob Mitchell McEwen | Yes | |
| Daniel Mulino Fraser | Yes | |
| Peta Murphy Dunkley | Yes | |
| Shayne Neumann Blair | Yes | |
| Alicia Payne Canberra | Yes | |
| Graham Perrett Moreton | Yes | |
| Sam Rae Hawke | Yes | |
| Gordon Reid Robertson | Yes | |
| Dan Repacholi Hunter | Yes | |
| Amanda Rishworth Kingston | 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 | |
| Kate Thwaites Jagajaga | Yes | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | Yes | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | Yes | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | Absent | |
| Anne Aly Cowan | Absent | |
| Chris Bowen McMahon | Absent | |
| Tony Burke Watson | Absent | |
| Mark Butler Hindmarsh | Absent | |
| Alison Byrnes Cunningham | Absent | |
| Jim Chalmers Rankin | Absent | |
| Andrew Charlton Parramatta | Absent | |
| Jason Clare Blaxland | Absent | |
| Libby Coker Corangamite | Absent | |
| Pat Conroy Shortland | Absent | |
| Mike Freelander Macarthur | Absent | |
| Luke Gosling Solomon | Absent | |
| Julian Hill Bruce | Absent | |
| Ed Husic Chifley | Absent | |
| Stephen Jones Whitlam | Absent | |
| Ged Kearney Cooper | Absent | |
| Matt Keogh Burt | Absent | |
| Peter Khalil Wills | Absent | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | Absent | |
| Madeleine King Brand | Absent | |
| Tania Lawrence Hasluck | Absent | |
| Richard Marles Corio | Absent | |
| Brian Mitchell Lyons | Absent | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | Absent | |
| Clare O'Neil Hotham | Absent | |
| Fiona Phillips Gilmore | Absent | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | Absent | |
| Michelle Rowland Greenway | Absent | |
| Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | Absent | |
| Meryl Swanson Paterson | Absent | |
| Matt Thistlethwaite Kingsford Smith | Absent | |
| Tim Watts Gellibrand | Absent | |
| Anika Wells Lilley | Absent | |
| Josh Wilson Fremantle | Absent | |
| Rebekha Sharkie Mayo Centre Alliance | No | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes Deputy Speaker | Absent | |
| Kate Chaney Curtin Independent | No | |
| Zoe Daniel Goldstein Independent | No | |
| Helen Haines Indi Independent | No | |
| Dai Le Fowler 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 (50% turnout) | 4 Yes – 0 No | |
| Angie Bell Moncrieff | Yes | |
| Colin Boyce Flynn | Yes | |
| Garth Hamilton Groom | Yes | |
| Andrew Willcox Dawson | Yes | |
| Henry Pike Bowman | Absent | |
| Phillip Thompson Herbert | Absent | |
| Andrew Wallace Fisher | Absent | |
| Terry Young Longman | Absent | |
| Liberal Party (34% turnout) | 12 Yes – 0 No | |
| Bridget Archer Bass | Yes | |
| Ian Goodenough Moore | Yes | |
| Andrew Hastie Canning | Yes | |
| Luke Howarth Petrie | Yes | |
| Tony Pasin Barker | Yes | |
| Michael Sukkar Deakin | Yes | |
| Angus Taylor Hume | Yes | |
| Dan Tehan Wannon | Yes | |
| Bert Van Manen Forde | Yes | |
| Jenny Ware Hughes | Yes | |
| Rick Wilson O'Connor | Yes | |
| Keith Wolahan Menzies | Yes | |
| Karen Andrews McPherson | 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 | |
| Alex Hawke Mitchell | Absent | |
| Julian Leeser Berowra | Absent | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | Absent | |
| Nola Marino Forrest | Absent | |
| Melissa McIntosh Lindsay | Absent | |
| Zoe McKenzie Flinders | Absent | |
| Scott Morrison Cook | Absent | |
| Ted O'Brien Fairfax | Absent | |
| Gavin Pearce Braddon | Absent | |
| Melissa Price Durack | Absent | |
| Rowan Ramsey Grey | Absent | |
| Stuart Robert Fadden | Absent | |
| James Stevens Sturt | Absent | |
| Ross Vasta Bonner | Absent | |
| Aaron Violi Casey | Absent | |
| Jason Wood La Trobe | Absent | |
| National Party (50% turnout) | 5 Yes – 1 No | |
| Pat Conaghan Cowper | Yes | |
| David Gillespie Lyne | Yes | |
| Michelle Landry Capricornia | Yes | |
| Michael McCormack Riverina | Yes | |
| Keith Pitt Hinkler | Yes | |
| Andrew Gee Calare | No | |
| Sam Birrell Nicholls | Absent | |
| Darren Chester Gippsland | Absent | |
| Kevin Hogan Page | Absent | |
| Barnaby Joyce New England | Absent | |
| David Littleproud Maranoa | Absent | |
| Llew O'Brien Wide Bay | Absent | |
| Anne Webster Mallee | Absent | |
| Milton Dick Oxley Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (52% turnout) | 62 Yes – 16 No |
Red entries are rebel votes against the majority of a party.
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.