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24th Nov 2023
Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Support for Commonwealth Entities) Bill 2016 - Third Reading - Suspend the usual procedural rules
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 87% attendance
6th Sep 2017, 11:40 AM – Senate Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Support for Commonwealth Entities) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Transparency
Summary
EditThe majority voted against an amendment introduced by South Australian Senator Sarah Hanson-Young (Greens), which means it failed.
What did this amendment do?
Senator Hanson-Young explained that:
I just want to reiterate that this bill is asking the parliament to endorse expanding the powers, responsibilities and role of Efic [i.e., the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation]; meanwhile, we know that there are big questions over Efic's ability to be straight and up-front with the parliament and the Australian people about the projects that it has already been funding and supporting ...
This amendment injects necessary transparency into this process. If we're going to have an expanded role then the public, the parliament and the taxpayers need to know what Efic is doing, what types of projects it is funding and how it is operating.
Amendment text
(1) Schedule 1, page 5 (after line 19), at the end of the Schedule, add:
Freedom of Information Act 1982
8 Division 1 of Part II of Schedule 2
Omit "Export Finance and Insurance Corporation, in relation to documents concerning anything done by it under Part 4 or 5 of the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991".
Votes Not passed by a modest majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Cory Bernardi SA Australian Conservatives | Absent | |
| Australian Greens (100% turnout) | 7 Yes – 0 No | |
| Richard Di Natale Victoria | Yes | |
| Sarah Hanson-Young SA | Yes | |
| Nick McKim Tasmania | Yes | |
| Lee Rhiannon NSW | Yes | |
| Janet Rice Victoria | Yes | |
| Rachel Siewert WA | Yes | |
| Peter Whish-Wilson Tasmania | Yes | |
| Australian Labor Party (44% turnout) | 0 Yes – 11 No | |
| Carol Brown Tasmania | No | |
| Kim Carr Victoria | No | |
| Don Farrell SA | No | |
| Alex Gallacher SA | No | |
| Chris Ketter Queensland | No | |
| Gavin Marshall Victoria | No | |
| Jenny McAllister NSW | No | |
| Claire Moore Queensland | No | |
| Helen Polley Tasmania | No | |
| Glenn Sterle WA | No | |
| Murray Watt Queensland | No | |
| Catryna Bilyk Tasmania | Absent | |
| Doug Cameron NSW | Absent | |
| Anthony Chisholm Queensland | Absent | |
| Jacinta Collins Victoria | Absent | |
| Sam Dastyari NSW | Absent | |
| Patrick Dodson WA | Absent | |
| Katy Gallagher ACT | Absent | |
| Kimberley Kitching Victoria | Absent | |
| Malarndirri McCarthy NT | Absent | |
| Deborah O'Neill NSW | Absent | |
| Louise Pratt WA | Absent | |
| Lisa Singh Tasmania | Absent | |
| Anne Urquhart Tasmania | Absent | |
| Penny Wong SA | Absent | |
| Nigel Scullion NT Country Liberal Party | Absent | |
| Derryn Hinch Victoria Derryn Hinch's Justice Party | No | |
| Sue Lines WA Deputy President | No | |
| Lucy Gichuhi SA Independent | Yes | |
| Jacqui Lambie Tasmania Independent | Yes | |
| David Leyonhjelm NSW Liberal Democratic Party | Absent | |
| Liberal National Party (50% turnout) | 0 Yes – 1 No | |
| James McGrath Queensland | No | |
| Matthew Canavan Queensland | Absent | |
| Liberal Party (48% turnout) | 0 Yes – 10 No | |
| Eric Abetz Tasmania | No | |
| Slade Brockman WA | No | |
| David Bushby Tasmania | No | |
| Jonathon Duniam Tasmania | No | |
| Jane Hume Victoria | No | |
| James Paterson Victoria | No | |
| Linda Reynolds WA | No | |
| Anne Ruston SA | No | |
| Arthur Sinodinos NSW | No | |
| Dean Smith WA | No | |
| Simon Birmingham SA | Absent | |
| George Brandis Queensland | Absent | |
| Michaelia Cash WA | Absent | |
| Mathias Cormann WA | Absent | |
| David Fawcett SA | Absent | |
| Concetta Fierravanti-Wells NSW | Absent | |
| Mitch Fifield Victoria | Absent | |
| Ian Macdonald Queensland | Absent | |
| Marise Payne NSW | Absent | |
| Scott Ryan Victoria | Absent | |
| Zed Seselja ACT | Absent | |
| National Party (75% turnout) | 0 Yes – 3 No | |
| Bridget McKenzie Victoria | No | |
| Barry O'Sullivan Queensland | No | |
| John Williams NSW | No | |
| Fiona Nash NSW | Absent | |
| Nick Xenophon Team (100% turnout) | 3 Yes – 0 No | |
| Stirling Griff SA | Yes | |
| Skye Kakoschke-Moore SA | Yes | |
| Nick Xenophon SA | Yes | |
| Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party (100% turnout) | 0 Yes – 4 No | |
| Brian Burston NSW | No | |
| Peter Georgiou WA | No | |
| Pauline Hanson Queensland | No | |
| Malcolm Roberts Queensland | No | |
| Stephen Parry Tasmania President | Absent | |
| Totals (58% turnout) | 12 Yes – 31 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.