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senate vote 2018-11-12#13

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Title

  • Motions Anti-Poverty Week
  • Motions - Anti-Poverty Week - Increase Newstart & Youth Allowance

Description

  • <p class="speaker">Sue Lines</p>
  • <p>I will now go to part (c) of that motion. The question is that part (c) of motion 1163 standing in the name of Senator Siewert be agreed to.</p>
  • The majority voted against part of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2018-11-12.163.1) introduced by Greens Senator [Rachel Siewert](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/wa/rachel_siewert) (WA), which means it failed.
  • ### Motion text
  • > *That the Senate—*
  • > *[...]*
  • > *(c) calls on the Federal Government to increase Newstart and Youth Allowance by $75 a week.*