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senate vote 2020-12-09#13
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Business — Rearrangement- Business - Rearrangement - Let another vote happen
Description
<p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p><p><i>(In division)</i> I advise senators that, because normally they would be allowed to abstain by staying behind the rail which is now being used for seating, if they do need to abstain from a vote, if there's no-one in one of the rear advisers' boxes I will allow them to move to those as if they were moving to the rail, so their vote isn't counted. It's something we haven't encountered yet.</p>-
- The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2020-12-09.150.2) introduced by South Australian Senator [Simon Birmingham](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/simon_birmingham) (Liberal) to suspend the usual procedural rules - known as [standing orders](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/parliament-at-work/standing-orders/) - in order to let [another vote](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/divisions/senate/2020-12-09/15) take place.
- ### Motion text
- > *That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent me moving a motion to provide for the consideration of a matter, namely a motion to provide that a motion relating to the consideration of legislation may be moved immediately and determined without amendment or debate.*
<p>The question is that the motion moved by Senator Birmingham to suspend standing orders be agreed to.</p> -
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