1st Dec 2016, 4:20 PM – Senate Motions - Budget - Income inequality

The majority voted in favour of a motion introduced by Victorian Senator Richard Di Natale (Greens), which means it succeeded. These motions don't make any legal changes on their own, but they are politically influential as they represent the will of the Senate.

Motion text

That the Senate—

(a) notes the many pieces of legislation arising from the 2014-15 and 2015-16 Budgets that would create greater income inequality in Australia that have been previously rejected, and will not secure passage through this Senate;

(b) requests the Government to withdraw these previously rejected Budget measures from the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook so as to more accurately represent the true fiscal position of the Commonwealth; and

(c) instructs the Government that, in its preparations for the 2017-18 Budget, this Senate resolves that, for the duration of the 45th Parliament, any proposed measures which further attack the most vulnerable Australians, increase their disadvantage or social exclusion, or disproportionately benefit the highest income Australians, will not pass into law.