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senate vote 2020-12-07#11
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Motions — China-Australia Relationship- Motions - China-Australia Relationship - Current dispute
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<p class="speaker">Sue Lines</p><p>I remind senators that last Thursday after 4.30 pm a division was called for on a motion moved by Senator Roberts relating to China. I understand that it suits the convenience of the Senate for that division to be held now. The question is that the motion be agreed to.</p><p>Question agreed to.</p>- The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2020-12-03.209.2) introduced by Queensland Senator [Malcolm Roberts](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/queensland/malcolm_roberts) (Pauline Hanson Party), which means it passed. Motions like these don't make any legal changes on their own but are politically influential because they represent the will of the Senate.
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- > *That the Senate notes that the current dispute between China and Australia is more deep-seated than a trade spat involving wine, coal and timber.*
<p>Senator Dean Smith?</p> <p class="speaker">Dean Smith</p><p>by leave—Could I ask that you put that vote again, Madam Deputy President.</p> <p class="speaker">Sue Lines</p><p>Senator Smith has asked for the deferred vote to be put again. The question is that the motion be agreed to.</p>
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