Treasury Laws Amendment (Reserve Bank Reforms) Bill 2023 - Report from Federation Chamber - Agree with the bill's main idea
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
Division last edited 16 days ago by mackay staff
The majority voted against amendments introduced by Melbourne MP Adam Bandt (Greens), which means they failed.
Mr Bandt explained that:
It is not an accident that the Reserve Bank is raising interest rates to the point that it is smashing people and starting to smash the economy. It is Labor's strategy for tackling inflation when there is an alternative right before it. This suggestion that there's somehow nothing the government can do about it—the lie is given to that by this very legislation. What this legislation shows and what this amendment seeks to fix is that existing within current legislation is the power for the government to step in right now and stop interest rates from going up. The government has the power under this legislation to stop it happening right now and to do all of those other things that would tackle inflation and stop inflation without hurting everyday people. Yes, it would hurt the big corporations and their profits a bit, but it would help everyday people. That's an alternative way. But, to do that, you have to step in and pull the levers that you've got and stop pretending that you've got no power to fix problems.
(1) Schedule 1, item 2, page 3 (lines 20 to 23), omit the item.
(2) Schedule 1, items 4 to 6, page 4 (lines 1 to 9), omit the items.
(3) Schedule 1, Part 2, page 5 (lines 1 to 8), omit the Part.
Nobody rebelled against their party.
Party | Votes | |
---|---|---|
Australian Greens (100% turnout) | 4 Yes – 0 No | |
Adam Bandt Melbourne | Yes | |
Stephen Bates Brisbane | Yes | |
Max Chandler-Mather Griffith | Yes | |
Elizabeth Watson-Brown Ryan | Yes | |
Australian Labor Party (73% turnout) | 0 Yes – 56 No | |
Michelle Ananda-Rajah Higgins | No | |
Jodie Belyea Dunkley | No | |
Matt Burnell Spence | No | |
Linda Burney Barton | No | |
Josh Burns Macnamara | No | |
Alison Byrnes Cunningham | No | |
Jim Chalmers Rankin | No | |
Andrew Charlton Parramatta | No | |
Lisa Chesters Bendigo | No | |
Sharon Claydon Newcastle | No | |
Libby Coker Corangamite | No | |
Mary Doyle Aston | No | |
Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | No | |
Justine Elliot Richmond | No | |
Cassandra Fernando Holt | No | |
Mike Freelander Macarthur | No | |
Carina Garland Chisholm | No | |
Steve Georganas Adelaide | No | |
Andrew Giles Scullin | No | |
Patrick Gorman Perth | No | |
Luke Gosling Solomon | No | |
Julian Hill Bruce | No | |
Stephen Jones Whitlam | No | |
Peter Khalil Wills | No | |
Catherine King Ballarat | No | |
Madeleine King Brand | No | |
Tania Lawrence Hasluck | No | |
Jerome Laxale Bennelong | No | |
Andrew Leigh Fenner | No | |
Sam Lim Tangney | No | |
Richard Marles Corio | No | |
Zaneta Mascarenhas Swan | No | |
Emma McBride Dobell | No | |
Louise Miller-Frost Boothby | No | |
Brian Mitchell Lyons | No | |
Daniel Mulino Fraser | No | |
Shayne Neumann Blair | No | |
Alicia Payne Canberra | No | |
Graham Perrett Moreton | No | |
Fiona Phillips Gilmore | No | |
Sam Rae Hawke | No | |
Gordon Reid Robertson | No | |
Dan Repacholi Hunter | No | |
Tracey Roberts Pearce | No | |
Joanne Ryan Lalor | No | |
Marion Scrymgour Lingiari | No | |
Sally Sitou Reid | No | |
David Smith Bean | No | |
Anne Stanley Werriwa | No | |
Meryl Swanson Paterson | No | |
Susan Templeman Macquarie | No | |
Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | No | |
Tim Watts Gellibrand | No | |
Anika Wells Lilley | No | |
Josh Wilson Fremantle | No | |
Tony Zappia Makin | No | |
Anthony Albanese Grayndler | Absent | |
Anne Aly Cowan | Absent | |
Chris Bowen McMahon | Absent | |
Tony Burke Watson | Absent | |
Mark Butler Hindmarsh | Absent | |
Jason Clare Blaxland | Absent | |
Julie Collins Franklin | Absent | |
Pat Conroy Shortland | Absent | |
Ed Husic Chifley | Absent | |
Ged Kearney Cooper | Absent | |
Matt Keogh Burt | Absent | |
Kristy McBain Eden-Monaro | Absent | |
Rob Mitchell McEwen | Absent | |
Brendan O'Connor Gorton | Absent | |
Clare O'Neil Hotham | Absent | |
Tanya Plibersek Sydney | Absent | |
Amanda Rishworth Kingston | Absent | |
Michelle Rowland Greenway | Absent | |
Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | Absent | |
Matt Thistlethwaite Kingsford Smith | Absent | |
Kate Thwaites Jagajaga | Absent | |
Rebekha Sharkie Mayo Centre Alliance | Yes | |
Mark Coulton Parkes Deputy Speaker | Absent | |
Andrew Wilkie Clark Independent | Yes | |
Zoe Daniel Goldstein Independent | No | |
Andrew Gee Calare Independent | No | |
Helen Haines Indi Independent | No | |
Monique Ryan Kooyong Independent | No | |
Allegra Spender Wentworth Independent | No | |
Zali Steggall Warringah Independent | No | |
Russell Broadbent Monash Independent | Absent | |
Kate Chaney Curtin Independent | Absent | |
Dai Le Fowler Independent | Absent | |
Sophie Scamps Mackellar Independent | Absent | |
Kylea Tink North Sydney Independent | Absent | |
Bob Katter Kennedy Katter's Australian Party | Absent | |
Liberal National Party (0% turnout) | Absent | |
Angie Bell Moncrieff | Absent | |
Colin Boyce Flynn | Absent | |
Cameron Caldwell Fadden | 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 (21% turnout) | 0 Yes – 7 No | |
Bridget Archer Bass | No | |
Paul Fletcher Bradfield | No | |
Ian Goodenough Moore | No | |
Luke Howarth Petrie | No | |
Ted O'Brien Fairfax | No | |
Bert Van Manen Forde | No | |
Jason Wood La Trobe | No | |
Karen Andrews McPherson | Absent | |
Scott Buchholz Wright | Absent | |
David Coleman Banks | Absent | |
Peter Dutton Dickson | Absent | |
Warren Entsch Leichhardt | Absent | |
Andrew Hastie Canning | Absent | |
Alex Hawke Mitchell | Absent | |
Simon Kennedy Cook | Absent | |
Julian Leeser Berowra | Absent | |
Sussan Ley Farrer | Absent | |
Nola Marino Forrest | Absent | |
Melissa McIntosh Lindsay | Absent | |
Zoe McKenzie Flinders | Absent | |
Tony Pasin Barker | Absent | |
Gavin Pearce Braddon | Absent | |
Melissa Price Durack | Absent | |
Rowan Ramsey Grey | Absent | |
James Stevens Sturt | Absent | |
Michael Sukkar Deakin | Absent | |
Angus Taylor Hume | Absent | |
Dan Tehan Wannon | Absent | |
Ross Vasta Bonner | Absent | |
Aaron Violi Casey | Absent | |
Jenny Ware Hughes | Absent | |
Rick Wilson O'Connor | Absent | |
Keith Wolahan Menzies | Absent | |
National Party (0% turnout) | Absent | |
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 | |
David Littleproud Maranoa | Absent | |
Michael McCormack Riverina | Absent | |
Llew O'Brien Wide Bay | Absent | |
Keith Pitt Hinkler | Absent | |
Anne Webster Mallee | Absent | |
Milton Dick Oxley Speaker | Absent | |
Totals (50% turnout) | 6 Yes – 69 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.