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senate vote 2019-11-25#3
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Bills — Customs Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019, Customs Tariff Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019; Second Reading- Customs Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
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<p class="speaker">David Fawcett</p><p>The question is that the bill be read a second time.</p> - The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2019-11-25.136.2) to agree with the main idea of the bill. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill for a [second time](https://www.peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/).
- ### Main idea of the bill
- According to the [bill webpage](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r6426):
- > *Introduced with the Customs Tariff Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019 to give effect to the Peru-Australia Free Trade Agreement, the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement and the Free Trade Agreement between Australia and Hong Kong, China, the bill amends the Customs Act 1901 to introduce new rules of origin to determine preferential rates of duty for certain goods originating from Peru, Indonesia and Hong Kong in accordance with the applicable agreement.*
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