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senate vote 2018-02-15#7

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on 2023-07-21 13:25:18

Title

  • Motions Deputy Prime Minister
  • Motions - Deputy Prime Minister - Call for resignation

Description

  • <p class="speaker">Richard Di Natale</p>
  • <p>I move:</p>
  • <p class="italic">That the Senate calls on the Deputy Prime Minister to resign from his position of Deputy Prime Minister of Australia for clearly breaching the standards required of Ministers; and if he does not resign, calls on the National Party to sack him as leader.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p>
  • <p>The question is that the motion moved by Senator Di Natale be agreed to.</p>
  • <p>The Senate divided. [15:51]</p>
  • <p>(The President&#8212;Senator Ryan)</p>
  • The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2018-02-15.299.1) introduced by Victorian Senator [Richard Di Natale](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/victoria/richard_di_natale) (Greens), which means it passed.
  • ### Motion text
  • > *That the Senate calls on the Deputy Prime Minister to resign from his position of Deputy Prime Minister of Australia for clearly breaching the standards required of Ministers; and if he does not resign, calls on the National Party to sack him as leader.*