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senate vote 2023-11-30#3

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Title

  • Business Consideration of Legislation
  • Business - Consideration of Legislation - Put the question

Description

  • <p class="speaker">Penny Wong</p>
  • <p>():&#160;&#160;I move:</p>
  • <p class="italic">That&#8212;</p>
  • <p class="italic">(a) the questions on all remaining stages of the Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023 be put immediately; and</p>
  • <p class="italic">(b) paragraph (a) operate as a limitation of debate under standing order 142.</p>
  • <p>And I move:</p>
  • <p class="italic">That the question be now put.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Sue Lines</p>
  • <p>The question is that the motion to put the question, as moved by Senator Wong, be agreed to.</p>
  • <p></p>
  • The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2023-11-30.9.1):
  • > *That the question be now put.*
  • In other words, they voted to end debate and instead vote on [the matter under discussion](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/divisions/senate/2023-11-30/4) straight away.