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representatives vote 2024-03-18#4

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on 2024-04-20 13:59:21

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representatives vote 2024-03-18#4

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on 2024-04-20 13:56:44

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  • The majority voted against an [amendment](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Famend%2Fr7107_amend_9419ca48-fd22-466a-aa54-8f79a074b5b7%22;rec=0) to the usual second reading motion, which is "that the bill be read a second time" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill). The amendment was introduced by Melbourne MP [Adam Bandt](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/melbourne/adam_bandt) (Greens).
  • The majority voted against an [amendment](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Famend%2Fr7107_amend_9419ca48-fd22-466a-aa54-8f79a074b5b7%22;rec=0) to an [original amendment](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/divisions/representatives/2024-03-18/5) introduced by Hume MP [Angus Taylor](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/hume/angus_taylor) (Liberal). This amendment was introduced by Melbourne MP [Adam Bandt](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/melbourne/adam_bandt) (Greens).
  • ### Amendment text
  • > *That all words after “whilst” be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:*
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  • > *“acknowledging 15 gas companies signed non-disclosure agreements when preparing Schedule 5 of this bill for the Government, the House:*
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  • > *(1) notes the billions of dollars in climate damage that the gas industry has already inflicted through turbocharged bushfires, floods and a 23 per cent reduction in agricultural profits, representing $29,200 in losses per Australian farm ; and*
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  • > *(2) acknowledges that the Australian Taxation Office has labelled the gas industry as ‘systemic non-payers of tax’; and*
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  • > *(3) notes that the Parliamentary Budget Office has costed the potential revenue from repairing the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax at $94.5 billion over the decade; and*
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  • > *(4) resolves that gas companies earning super profits from war should no longer avoid payment of super profits taxes; and*
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  • > *(5) calls on the Government to amend the bill to ensure a minimum doubling of revenue from the Government's proposed changes to the gas super profits tax”.*
representatives vote 2024-03-18#4

Edited by mackay staff

on 2024-04-20 13:50:24

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  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Accountability and Fairness) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Criticism of gas companies
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Accountability and Fairness) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Gas profits

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  • The majority voted against an [amendment](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Famend%2Fr7107_amend_9419ca48-fd22-466a-aa54-8f79a074b5b7%22;rec=0) to the usual second reading motion, which is "that the bill be read a second time" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill). The amendment was introduced by Melbourne MP [Adam Bandt](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/melbourne/adam_bandt) (Greens).
  • ### Amendment text
  • > *That all words after “whilst” be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:*
  • >
  • > *“acknowledging 15 gas companies signed non-disclosure agreements when preparing Schedule 5 of this bill for the Government, the House:*
  • >
  • > *(1) notes the billions of dollars in climate damage that the gas industry has already inflicted through turbocharged bushfires, floods and a 23 per cent reduction in agricultural profits, representing $29,200 in losses per Australian farm ; and*
  • >
  • > *(2) acknowledges that the Australian Taxation Office has labelled the gas industry as ‘systemic non-payers of tax’; and*
  • >
  • > *(3) notes that the Parliamentary Budget Office has costed the potential revenue from repairing the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax at $94.5 billion over the decade; and*
  • >
  • > *(4) resolves that gas companies earning super profits from war should no longer avoid payment of super profits taxes; and*
  • >
  • > *(5) calls on the Government to amend the bill to ensure a minimum doubling of revenue from the Government's proposed changes to the gas super profits tax”.*
  • > *(5) calls on the Government to amend the bill to ensure a minimum doubling of revenue from the Government's proposed changes to the gas super profits tax”.*
representatives vote 2024-03-18#4

Edited by mackay staff

on 2024-04-20 13:49:23

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  • Bills — Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Accountability and Fairness) Bill 2023; Report from Federation Chamber
  • Treasury Laws Amendment (Tax Accountability and Fairness) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Criticism of gas companies

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  • <p class="speaker">Milton Dick</p>
  • <p>The question is that the amendment moved by the honourable member for Melbourne be agreed to.</p>
  • The majority voted against an [amendment](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Famend%2Fr7107_amend_9419ca48-fd22-466a-aa54-8f79a074b5b7%22;rec=0) to the usual second reading motion, which is "that the bill be read a second time" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill). The amendment was introduced by Melbourne MP [Adam Bandt](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/melbourne/adam_bandt) (Greens).
  • ### Amendment text
  • > *That all words after “whilst” be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:*
  • >
  • > *“acknowledging 15 gas companies signed non-disclosure agreements when preparing Schedule 5 of this bill for the Government, the House:*
  • >
  • > *(1) notes the billions of dollars in climate damage that the gas industry has already inflicted through turbocharged bushfires, floods and a 23 per cent reduction in agricultural profits, representing $29,200 in losses per Australian farm ; and*
  • >
  • > *(2) acknowledges that the Australian Taxation Office has labelled the gas industry as ‘systemic non-payers of tax’; and*
  • >
  • > *(3) notes that the Parliamentary Budget Office has costed the potential revenue from repairing the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax at $94.5 billion over the decade; and*
  • >
  • > *(4) resolves that gas companies earning super profits from war should no longer avoid payment of super profits taxes; and*
  • >
  • > *(5) calls on the Government to amend the bill to ensure a minimum doubling of revenue from the Government's proposed changes to the gas super profits tax”.*
  • <p></p>