Tax Laws Amendment (Combating Multinational Tax Avoidance) Bill 2015 - in Committee - Discretion to prevent disclosure of tax information
Joe Ludwig voted Yes
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 80% attendance
The majority voted in favour of an amendment moved by Independent Senator Nick Xenophon.
This amendment would require all companies (both Australian and international) with a revenue of $1 billion a year or more to give a general purpose financial report rather than a special purpose financial report, "which are scant in their detail" (see Xenophon's full explanation).
The bill strengthens the laws against tax avoidance for certain companies. For example, it introduces anti-avoidance measures to deal with multinational companies with an annual global income of more than $A1 billion that use schemes to avoid having to pay tax in Australia or at least reduce that tax to a minimum.
To learn more about the bill, see the bills digest.
Nobody rebelled against their party.
Party | Votes | |
---|---|---|
Australian Greens (90% turnout) | 9 Yes – 0 No | |
Richard Di Natale Victoria | Yes | |
Sarah Hanson-Young SA | Yes | |
Nick McKim Tasmania | Yes | |
Lee Rhiannon NSW | Yes | |
Janet Rice Victoria | Yes | |
Rachel Siewert WA | Yes | |
Robert Simms SA | Yes | |
Larissa Waters Queensland | Yes | |
Peter Whish-Wilson Tasmania | Yes | |
Scott Ludlam WA | Absent | |
Australian Labor Party (79% turnout) | 19 Yes – 0 No | |
Carol Brown Tasmania | Yes | |
Joe Bullock WA | Yes | |
Doug Cameron NSW | Yes | |
Kim Carr Victoria | Yes | |
Stephen Conroy Victoria | Yes | |
Sam Dastyari NSW | Yes | |
Alex Gallacher SA | Yes | |
Katy Gallagher ACT | Yes | |
Chris Ketter Queensland | Yes | |
Sue Lines WA | Yes | |
Joe Ludwig Queensland | Yes | |
Jenny McAllister NSW | Yes | |
Claire Moore Queensland | Yes | |
Deborah O'Neill NSW | Yes | |
Nova Peris NT | Yes | |
Helen Polley Tasmania | Yes | |
Lisa Singh Tasmania | Yes | |
Glenn Sterle WA | Yes | |
Anne Urquhart Tasmania | Yes | |
Catryna Bilyk Tasmania | Absent | |
Jacinta Collins Victoria | Absent | |
Anne McEwen SA | Absent | |
Jan McLucas Queensland | Absent | |
Penny Wong SA | Absent | |
Ricky Muir Victoria Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party | Yes | |
Nigel Scullion NT Country Liberal Party | No | |
Gavin Marshall Victoria Deputy President | Yes | |
Bob Day SA Family First Party | No | |
Jacqui Lambie Tasmania Independent | Yes | |
Glenn Lazarus Queensland Independent | Yes | |
John Madigan Victoria Independent | Yes | |
Nick Xenophon SA Independent | Yes | |
David Leyonhjelm NSW Liberal Democratic Party | No | |
Liberal National Party (100% turnout) | 0 Yes – 2 No | |
Matthew Canavan Queensland | No | |
James McGrath Queensland | No | |
Liberal Party (72% turnout) | 0 Yes – 18 No | |
Eric Abetz Tasmania | No | |
Christopher Back WA | No | |
Cory Bernardi SA | No | |
Simon Birmingham SA | No | |
David Bushby Tasmania | No | |
Michaelia Cash WA | No | |
Mathias Cormann WA | No | |
Sean Edwards SA | No | |
David Fawcett SA | No | |
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells NSW | No | |
Mitch Fifield Victoria | No | |
David Johnston WA | No | |
Jo Lindgren Queensland | No | |
Linda Reynolds WA | No | |
Michael Ronaldson Victoria | No | |
Anne Ruston SA | No | |
Scott Ryan Victoria | No | |
Zed Seselja ACT | No | |
George Brandis Queensland | Absent | |
Richard Colbeck Tasmania | Absent | |
Bill Heffernan NSW | Absent | |
Ian Macdonald Queensland | Absent | |
Marise Payne NSW | Absent | |
Arthur Sinodinos NSW | Absent | |
Dean Smith WA | Absent | |
National Party (50% turnout) | 0 Yes – 2 No | |
Bridget McKenzie Victoria | No | |
John Williams NSW | No | |
Fiona Nash NSW | Absent | |
Barry O'Sullivan Queensland | Absent | |
Dio Wang WA Palmer United Party | No | |
Stephen Parry Tasmania President | No | |
Totals (80% turnout) | 34 Yes – 27 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.