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senate vote 2018-03-21#3

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Title

  • Bills — Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017; in Committee
  • Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Agree with bill

Description

  • <p class="speaker">Sue Lines</p>
  • <p>I understand there are no more amendments, so the next question is that the bill, as amended, be agreed to, subject to requests for amendments. The question now is that the bill, as amended, be agreed to subject to requests for amendments.</p>
  • The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2018-03-21.108.1) that the bill, as amended, be agreed to subject to the requests for amendments that will be sent to the House of Representatives for their consideration.
  • ### What is the bill's main idea?
  • The bill [was introduced to](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1718a/18bd032):
  • * *create a single job seeker payment*
  • * *establish a drug testing trial and*
  • * *remove existing exemptions for jobseekers experiencing drug or alcohol dependence.*