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senate vote 2021-02-23#8
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Bills — Treasury Laws Amendment (News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code) Bill 2021; Second Reading- Treasury Laws Amendment (News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code) Bill 2021 - Second Reading - Media diversity and funding
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<p class="speaker">Larissa Waters</p><p>I move the Greens amendment on sheet 1213:</p><p class="italic">At the end of the motion, add: ", but the Senate:</p>- The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2021-02-23.155.1) to the usual [second reading motion](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/), which is "*that the bill be read a second time*" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill). If successful, this amendment would have added the text below to the usual motion.
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- > *At the end of the motion, add: ", but the Senate:*
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- > *(a) notes that:*
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- >> *(i) billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation controls much of the Australian media,*
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- >> *(ii) billionaire Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook controls much of Australia's online activity, and*
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- >> *(iii) both big corporations pay little to no tax in Australia; and*
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- > *(b) is of the opinion that implementing a media code is not the best way of addressing the growing power of the billionaires and the big corporations; and*
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- > *(c) calls on the Government to deal with the growing concentration of media and online ownership by implementing new tax measures, funding public interest journalism and increasing media divers*
<p class="italic">(a) notes that:</p><p class="italic">(i) billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation controls much of the Australian media,</p><p class="italic">(ii) billionaire Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook controls much of Australia's online activity, and</p><p class="italic">(iii) both big corporations pay little to no tax in Australia; and</p><p class="italic">(b) is of the opinion that implementing a media code is not the best way of addressing the growing power of the billionaires and the big corporations; and</p><p class="italic">(c) calls on the Government to deal with the growing concentration of media and online ownership by implementing new tax measures, funding public interest journalism and increasing media divers</p> <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p><p>The question is the second reading amendment on sheet 1213, moved by Senator Waters, be agreed to.</p>
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