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senate vote 2021-02-23#9

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Title

  • 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 - Privacy concerns

Description

  • <p class="speaker">Nick McKim</p>
  • <p>I move:</p>
  • <p class="italic">At the end of the motion, add: ", but the Senate is of the opinion that:</p>
  • The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2021-02-23.157.1) 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.
  • ### Amendment text
  • > *At the end of the motion, add: ", but the Senate is of the opinion that:*
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  • > *(a) Australians should have more control over how companies collect data about them online, who has access to that data, and how, and for what purposes, that data is used;*
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  • > *(b) concerns over privacy, and the use of personal data for commercial gain, can no longer be ignored by the Government; and*
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  • > *(c) the Government must implement, as a matter of priority, protections equivalent to the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation".*
  • <p class="italic">(a) Australians should have more control over how companies collect data about them online, who has access to that data, and how, and for what purposes, that data is used;</p>
  • <p class="italic">(b) concerns over privacy, and the use of personal data for commercial gain, can no longer be ignored by the Government; and</p>
  • <p class="italic">(c) the Government must implement, as a matter of priority, protections equivalent to the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation".</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p>
  • <p>The question is that the second reading amendment moved by Senator McKim be agreed to.</p>