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7th Oct 2014
Medibank Private Sale Bill 2006 - Declaration of Urgency - Consider to be an urgent bill
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
2nd Nov 2006, 1:37 PM – Representatives Medibank Private Sale Bill 2006 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Summary
EditThe majority voted in favour of a motion to read the bill for a second time.(Read more about the stages that a bill must pass through here. ) This means that the majority agree with the main idea of the bill and can now discuss it in more detail.
Background to the bill
The bill was introduced to allow the federal government to sell its interest in Medibank Private Limited and allow Medibank to operate on a “for profit” basis. The Coalition Government plans to do this after the 2007 election, should it be re-elected.(Read more about this privatisation proposal on Wikipedia here and on the ABC's World Today program here.)
Votes Passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Labor Party (93% turnout) | 0 Yes – 55 No | |
| Dick Adams Lyons | No | |
| Kim Beazley Brand | No | |
| Arch Bevis Brisbane | No | |
| Sharon Bird Cunningham | No | |
| Chris Bowen Prospect | No | |
| Anna Burke Chisholm | No | |
| Tony Burke Watson | No | |
| Anthony Byrne Holt | No | |
| Ann Corcoran Isaacs | No | |
| Simon Crean Hotham | No | |
| Michael Danby Melbourne Ports | No | |
| Graham Edwards Cowan | No | |
| Justine Elliot Richmond | No | |
| Annette Ellis Canberra | No | |
| Kate Ellis Adelaide | No | |
| Laurie Ferguson Reid | No | |
| Martin Ferguson Batman | No | |
| Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter | No | |
| Peter Garrett Kingsford Smith | No | |
| Steve Georganas Hindmarsh | No | |
| Jennie George Throsby | No | |
| Steve Gibbons Bendigo | No | |
| Julia Gillard Lalor | No | |
| Sharon Grierson Newcastle | No | |
| Alan Griffin Bruce | No | |
| Jill Hall Shortland | No | |
| Michael Hatton Blaxland | No | |
| Chris Hayes Werriwa | No | |
| Kelly Hoare Charlton | No | |
| Julia Irwin Fowler | No | |
| Harry Jenkins Scullin | No | |
| Carmen Lawrence Fremantle | No | |
| Kirsten Livermore Capricornia | No | |
| Jenny Macklin Jagajaga | No | |
| Robert McClelland Barton | No | |
| Bob McMullan Fraser | No | |
| Daryl Melham Banks | No | |
| John Murphy Lowe | No | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | No | |
| Gavan O'Connor Corio | No | |
| Julie Owens Parramatta | No | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | No | |
| Roger Price Chifley | No | |
| Bernie Ripoll Oxley | No | |
| Nicola Roxon Gellibrand | No | |
| Kevin Rudd Griffith | No | |
| Rod Sawford Port Adelaide | No | |
| Bob Sercombe Maribyrnong | No | |
| Stephen Smith Perth | No | |
| Warren Snowdon Lingiari | No | |
| Wayne Swan Lilley | No | |
| Lindsay Tanner Melbourne | No | |
| Kelvin Thomson Wills | No | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | No | |
| Kim Wilkie Swan | No | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | Absent | |
| Craig Emerson Rankin | Absent | |
| Duncan Kerr Denison | Absent | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | Absent | |
| Dave Tollner Solomon Country Liberal Party | Yes | |
| Ian Causley Page Deputy Speaker | Yes | |
| Peter Andren Calare Independent | No | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Independent | No | |
| Harry Quick Franklin Independent | No | |
| Tony Windsor New England Independent | No | |
| Liberal Party (93% turnout) | 68 Yes – 0 No | |
| Tony Abbott Warringah | Yes | |
| Kevin Andrews Menzies | Yes | |
| Fran Bailey McEwen | Yes | |
| Bruce Baird Cook | Yes | |
| Mark Baker Braddon | Yes | |
| Bob Baldwin Paterson | Yes | |
| Phillip Barresi Deakin | Yes | |
| Kerry Bartlett Macquarie | Yes | |
| Bruce Billson Dunkley | Yes | |
| Bronwyn Bishop Mackellar | Yes | |
| Julie Bishop Curtin | Yes | |
| Russell Broadbent McMillan | Yes | |
| Mal Brough Longman | Yes | |
| Alan Cadman Mitchell | Yes | |
| Steven Ciobo Moncrieff | Yes | |
| Peter Costello Higgins | Yes | |
| Trish Draper Makin | Yes | |
| Peter Dutton Dickson | Yes | |
| Kay Elson Forde | Yes | |
| Warren Entsch Leichhardt | Yes | |
| Pat Farmer Macarthur | Yes | |
| David Fawcett Wakefield | Yes | |
| Michael Ferguson Bass | Yes | |
| Teresa Gambaro Petrie | Yes | |
| Joanna Gash Gilmore | Yes | |
| Petro Georgiou Kooyong | Yes | |
| Barry Haase Kalgoorlie | Yes | |
| Gary Hardgrave Moreton | Yes | |
| Stuart Henry Hasluck | Yes | |
| Joe Hockey North Sydney | Yes | |
| Greg Hunt Flinders | Yes | |
| Dennis Jensen Tangney | Yes | |
| Michael Johnson Ryan | Yes | |
| David Jull Fadden | Yes | |
| Michael Keenan Stirling | Yes | |
| Jackie Kelly Lindsay | Yes | |
| Andrew Laming Bowman | Yes | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | Yes | |
| Peter Lindsay Herbert | Yes | |
| Jim Lloyd Robertson | Yes | |
| Ian Macfarlane Groom | Yes | |
| Louise Markus Greenway | Yes | |
| Margaret May McPherson | Yes | |
| Stewart McArthur Corangamite | Yes | |
| Sophie Mirabella Indi | Yes | |
| Judi Moylan Pearce | Yes | |
| Gary Nairn Eden-Monaro | Yes | |
| Brendan Nelson Bradfield | Yes | |
| Chris Pearce Aston | Yes | |
| Geoff Prosser Forrest | Yes | |
| Christopher Pyne Sturt | Yes | |
| Don Randall Canning | Yes | |
| Kym Richardson Kingston | Yes | |
| Andrew Robb Goldstein | Yes | |
| Philip Ruddock Berowra | Yes | |
| Alby Schultz Hume | Yes | |
| Peter Slipper Fisher | Yes | |
| Tony Smith Casey | Yes | |
| Alex Somlyay Fairfax | Yes | |
| Andrew Southcott Boothby | Yes | |
| Sharman Stone Murray | Yes | |
| Cameron Thompson Blair | Yes | |
| Wilson Tuckey O'Connor | Yes | |
| Danna Vale Hughes | Yes | |
| Ross Vasta Bonner | Yes | |
| Barry Wakelin Grey | Yes | |
| Mal Washer Moore | Yes | |
| Jason Wood La Trobe | Yes | |
| Alexander Downer Mayo | Absent | |
| John Howard Bennelong | Absent | |
| Patrick Secker Barker | Absent | |
| Ken Ticehurst Dobell | Absent | |
| Malcolm Turnbull Wentworth | Absent | |
| National Party (100% turnout) | 11 Yes – 0 No | |
| John Anderson Gwydir | Yes | |
| John Cobb Parkes | Yes | |
| John Forrest Mallee | Yes | |
| Luke Hartsuyker Cowper | Yes | |
| Kay Hull Riverina | Yes | |
| De-Anne Kelly Dawson | Yes | |
| Peter McGauran Gippsland | Yes | |
| Paul Neville Hinkler | Yes | |
| Bruce Scott Maranoa | Yes | |
| Warren Truss Wide Bay | Yes | |
| Mark Vaile Lyne | Yes | |
| David Hawker Wannon Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (93% turnout) | 81 Yes – 59 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.