Division Description Changes — Bills — Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Bill 2020, Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020; Third Reading — 3rd Dec 2020

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senate vote 2020-12-03#6 Edited by mackay staff on 2022-07-29 12:37:40	Title Bills — Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Bill 2020, Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020; Third Reading Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Bill 2020 and another - Third Reading - Pass the bills Description ~~<p class="speaker">Marise Payne</p>~~ ~~<p>I move:</p>~~ <p class="italic">That these bills be now read a third time.</p> ~~<p class="speaker">Wendy Askew</p>~~ <p>The question is that the bills be read a third time.</p> The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2020-12-03.41.1) to read the bills for a [third time](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/). In other words, they voted in favour of passing the bills in the Senate. The bill will now return to the House of Representatives, where our MPs will decide on whether to agree with the Senate's [amendment](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fsched%2Fr6596_sched_a84e4701-2e07-461d-aac1-92025e32f802%22;rec=0). ### What do these bills do? According to the bill homepage, the [Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Bill 2020](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r6596) was: > Introduced with the [Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r6595) ... [to establish] a legislative scheme for Commonwealth engagement with arrangements between State or Territory governments and foreign governments, and their associated entities.

Bills — Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Bill 2020, Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020; Third Reading
Australia's Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Bill 2020 and another - Third Reading - Pass the bills

~~Marise Payne~~
~~I move:~~
That these bills be now read a third time.
~~Wendy Askew~~
The question is that the bills be read a third time.
The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2020-12-03.41.1) to read the bills for a [third time](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/). In other words, they voted in favour of passing the bills in the Senate. The bill will now return to the House of Representatives, where our MPs will decide on whether to agree with the Senate's [amendment](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fsched%2Fr6596_sched_a84e4701-2e07-461d-aac1-92025e32f802%22;rec=0).
### What do these bills do?
According to the bill homepage, the [Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) Bill 2020](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r6596) was:
> *Introduced with the [Australia’s Foreign Relations (State and Territory Arrangements) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r6595) ... [to establish] a legislative scheme for Commonwealth engagement with arrangements between State or Territory governments and foreign governments, and their associated entities.*