Bills — Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Jobkeeper Payments) Amendment Bill 2020; Second Reading
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 49% attendance
1st Sep 2020, 12:35 PM – Senate Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Jobkeeper Payments) Amendment Bill 2020 - in Committee - Temporary visa holders
Summary
EditThe majority voted against amendments (2) and (6) on sheet 1009, which means they failed.
What did the amendments do?
NSW Senator Mehreen Faruqi (Greens) explained that the amendments would "expand eligibility for JobKeeper payments to workers on temporary visas."
Amendment text
(2) Clause 2, page 2 (at the end of the table), add:
11. Schedule 6 | The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(6) Page 33, at the end of the Bill, after proposed Schedule 5, add:
Schedule 6 — Extension of jobkeeper scheme to temporary visa holders
Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Act 2020
1 At the end of section 7
Add:
Requirements relating to temporary visa holders
(10) In determining the entitlement of an entity to a payment for an employee of the entity, the rules must provide that the types of employee that an entity is entitled to receive a payment in respect of include an individual that on 1 July 2020 was an employee of the entity and was the holder of a temporary visa within the meaning of the Migration Act 1958 .
Votes Not passed by a modest majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Greens (50% turnout) | 4 Yes – 0 No | |
| Mehreen Faruqi NSW | Yes | |
| Sarah Hanson-Young SA | Yes | |
| Nick McKim Tasmania | Yes | |
| Rachel Siewert WA | Yes | |
| Janet Rice Victoria | Absent | |
| Jordon Steele-John WA | Absent | |
| Larissa Waters Queensland | Absent | |
| Peter Whish-Wilson Tasmania | Absent | |
| Australian Labor Party (12% turnout) | 0 Yes – 3 No | |
| Don Farrell SA | No | |
| Katy Gallagher ACT | No | |
| Malarndirri McCarthy NT | No | |
| Tim Ayres NSW | Absent | |
| Catryna Bilyk Tasmania | Absent | |
| Carol Brown Tasmania | Absent | |
| Kim Carr Victoria | Absent | |
| Anthony Chisholm Queensland | Absent | |
| Raff Ciccone Victoria | Absent | |
| Patrick Dodson WA | Absent | |
| Alex Gallacher SA | Absent | |
| Nita Green Queensland | Absent | |
| Kristina Keneally NSW | Absent | |
| Kimberley Kitching Victoria | Absent | |
| Jenny McAllister NSW | Absent | |
| Deborah O'Neill NSW | Absent | |
| Helen Polley Tasmania | Absent | |
| Louise Pratt WA | Absent | |
| Tony Sheldon NSW | Absent | |
| Marielle Smith SA | Absent | |
| Glenn Sterle WA | Absent | |
| Anne Urquhart Tasmania | Absent | |
| Jess Walsh Victoria | Absent | |
| Murray Watt Queensland | Absent | |
| Penny Wong SA | Absent | |
| Stirling Griff SA Centre Alliance | Yes | |
| Rex Patrick SA Centre Alliance | Yes | |
| Sam McMahon NT Country Liberal Party | No | |
| Sue Lines WA Deputy President | Absent | |
| Rex Patrick SA Independent | Absent | |
| Jacqui Lambie Tasmania Jacqui Lambie Network | No | |
| Liberal National Party (100% turnout) | 0 Yes – 2 No | |
| Matthew Canavan Queensland | No | |
| James McGrath Queensland | No | |
| Liberal Party (69% turnout) | 0 Yes – 20 No | |
| Alex Antic SA | No | |
| Wendy Askew Tasmania | No | |
| Andrew Bragg NSW | No | |
| Slade Brockman WA | No | |
| Claire Chandler Tasmania | No | |
| Mathias Cormann WA | No | |
| Jonathon Duniam Tasmania | No | |
| David Fawcett SA | No | |
| Concetta Fierravanti-Wells NSW | No | |
| Sarah Henderson Victoria | No | |
| Hollie Hughes NSW | No | |
| Jane Hume Victoria | No | |
| Jim Molan NSW | No | |
| Matt O'Sullivan WA | No | |
| James Paterson Victoria | No | |
| Marise Payne NSW | No | |
| Gerard Rennick Queensland | No | |
| Linda Reynolds WA | No | |
| Dean Smith WA | No | |
| Amanda Stoker Queensland | No | |
| Eric Abetz Tasmania | Absent | |
| Simon Birmingham SA | Absent | |
| Michaelia Cash WA | Absent | |
| Richard Colbeck Tasmania | Absent | |
| Andrew McLachlan SA | Absent | |
| Anne Ruston SA | Absent | |
| Paul Scarr Queensland | Absent | |
| Zed Seselja ACT | Absent | |
| David Van Victoria | Absent | |
| National Party (67% turnout) | 0 Yes – 2 No | |
| Perin Davey NSW | No | |
| Bridget McKenzie Victoria | No | |
| Susan McDonald Queensland | Absent | |
| Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party (0% turnout) | Absent | |
| Pauline Hanson Queensland | Absent | |
| Malcolm Roberts Queensland | Absent | |
| Scott Ryan Victoria President | Absent | |
| Totals (47% turnout) | 6 Yes – 29 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.