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senate vote 2019-07-25#12
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Bills — Counter-Terrorism (Temporary Exclusion Orders) Bill 2019, Counter-Terrorism (Temporary Exclusion Orders) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2019; in Committee- Counter-Terrorism (Temporary Exclusion Orders) Bill 2019, Counter-Terrorism (Temporary Exclusion Orders) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2019 - in Committee - Crossbench participation
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<p class="speaker">Nick McKim</p><p>In respect of the Counter-Terrorism (Temporary Exclusion Orders) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2019, I move amendment (1) on sheet 8719 standing in my name:</p><p class="italic">(1) Schedule 1, page 3 (before line 11), before item 2, insert:</p>- The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2019-07-25.242.1) introduced by by Tasmanian Senator [Nick McKim](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/nick_mckim) (Greens), which means it failed.
- Senator McKim [explained that](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2019-07-25.242.1):
- > *These amendments, importantly, would provide for crossbench membership on the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security and help that committee to do its job, to scrutinise the ongoing march of this country down the road to a police state.*
<p class="italic">2A Subsection 28(2)</p><p class="italic">Repeal the subsection, substitute:</p><p class="italic">(2) The Committee is to consist of 11 members, 5 of whom must be the following:</p><p class="italic">(a) a Government member of the House of Representatives;</p><p class="italic">(b) an Opposition member of the House of Representatives;</p><p class="italic">(c) a Government Senator;</p><p class="italic">(d) an Opposition Senator;</p><p class="italic">(e) a Senator who is not a Government or Opposition Senator.</p><p class="italic">(2A) The other Committee members may be either Senators or members of the House of Representatives.</p><p>These amendments, importantly, would provide for crossbench membership on the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security and help that committee to do its job, to scrutinise the ongoing march of this country down the road to a police state.</p> <p class="speaker">Kristina Keneally</p><p>We're not going to support this amendment!</p> <p class="speaker">Linda Reynolds</p><p>Neither are we!</p> <p class="speaker">Wendy Askew</p><p>The question is that amendment (1) on sheet 8719, moved by Senator McKim, be agreed to.</p>
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