17th Nov 2010, 11:44 AM – Representatives Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Political Donations and Other Measures) Bill 2010 - Second Reading - Agree to the bill's main idea
Summary
EditThe majority voted in favour of the main idea of the bill, which means that it can now be discussed in detail. In parliamentary jargon, they agreed to read the bill for a second time.
Main idea of the bill
The bill amends the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 in relation to political donations. Like the previous bills (in 2008 and 2009) that have attempted to make changes to these rules, the bill proposes to reduce the donations disclosure threshold from $11,500 to $1,000 and ban foreign donations to registered political parties. Read more about the proposed amendments in the bills digest.
Votes Passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Bandt Melbourne Australian Greens | Yes | |
| Australian Labor Party (99% turnout) | 69 Yes – 0 No | |
| Dick Adams Lyons | Yes | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | Yes | |
| Sharon Bird Cunningham | Yes | |
| Chris Bowen McMahon | Yes | |
| David Bradbury Lindsay | Yes | |
| Gai Brodtmann Canberra | Yes | |
| Tony Burke Watson | Yes | |
| Mark Butler Port Adelaide | Yes | |
| Anthony Byrne Holt | Yes | |
| Nick Champion Wakefield | Yes | |
| Darren Cheeseman Corangamite | Yes | |
| Jason Clare Blaxland | Yes | |
| Julie Collins Franklin | Yes | |
| Greg Combet Charlton | Yes | |
| Simon Crean Hotham | Yes | |
| Yvette D'Ath Petrie | Yes | |
| Michael Danby Melbourne Ports | Yes | |
| Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | Yes | |
| Justine Elliot Richmond | Yes | |
| Kate Ellis Adelaide | Yes | |
| Craig Emerson Rankin | Yes | |
| Laurie Ferguson Werriwa | Yes | |
| Martin Ferguson Batman | Yes | |
| Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter | Yes | |
| Peter Garrett Kingsford Smith | Yes | |
| Steve Georganas Hindmarsh | Yes | |
| Steve Gibbons Bendigo | Yes | |
| Julia Gillard Lalor | Yes | |
| Gary Gray Brand | Yes | |
| Sharon Grierson Newcastle | Yes | |
| Alan Griffin Bruce | Yes | |
| Jill Hall Shortland | Yes | |
| Chris Hayes Fowler | Yes | |
| Ed Husic Chifley | Yes | |
| Stephen Jones Throsby | Yes | |
| Mike Kelly Eden-Monaro | Yes | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | Yes | |
| Andrew Leigh Fraser | Yes | |
| Kirsten Livermore Capricornia | Yes | |
| Geoff Lyons Bass | Yes | |
| Jenny Macklin Jagajaga | Yes | |
| Richard Marles Corio | Yes | |
| Robert McClelland Barton | Yes | |
| Daryl Melham Banks | Yes | |
| Rob Mitchell McEwen | Yes | |
| John Murphy Reid | Yes | |
| Shayne Neumann Blair | Yes | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | Yes | |
| Deborah O'Neill Robertson | Yes | |
| Julie Owens Parramatta | Yes | |
| Melissa Parke Fremantle | Yes | |
| Graham Perrett Moreton | Yes | |
| Bernie Ripoll Oxley | Yes | |
| Amanda Rishworth Kingston | Yes | |
| Michelle Rowland Greenway | Yes | |
| Nicola Roxon Gellibrand | Yes | |
| Kevin Rudd Griffith | Yes | |
| Janelle Saffin Page | Yes | |
| Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | Yes | |
| Sid Sidebottom Braddon | Yes | |
| Stephen Smith Perth | Yes | |
| Laura Smyth La Trobe | Yes | |
| Warren Snowdon Lingiari | Yes | |
| Wayne Swan Lilley | Yes | |
| Mike Symon Deakin | Yes | |
| Craig Thomson Dobell | Yes | |
| Kelvin Thomson Wills | Yes | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | Yes | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | Yes | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | Absent | |
| Natasha Griggs Solomon Country Liberal Party | No | |
| Anna Burke Chisholm Deputy Speaker | Yes | |
| Robert Oakeshott Lyne Independent | Yes | |
| Andrew Wilkie Denison Independent | Yes | |
| Tony Windsor New England Independent | Yes | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Independent | No | |
| Liberal Party (98% turnout) | 0 Yes – 59 No | |
| Tony Abbott Warringah | No | |
| John Alexander Bennelong | No | |
| Karen Andrews McPherson | No | |
| Kevin Andrews Menzies | No | |
| Bob Baldwin Paterson | No | |
| Bruce Billson Dunkley | No | |
| Bronwyn Bishop Mackellar | No | |
| Julie Bishop Curtin | No | |
| Jamie Briggs Mayo | No | |
| Russell Broadbent McMillan | No | |
| Scott Buchholz Wright | No | |
| Steven Ciobo Moncrieff | No | |
| Peter Dutton Dickson | No | |
| Warren Entsch Leichhardt | No | |
| Paul Fletcher Bradfield | No | |
| Josh Frydenberg Kooyong | No | |
| Teresa Gambaro Brisbane | No | |
| Joanna Gash Gilmore | No | |
| Barry Haase Durack | No | |
| Alex Hawke Mitchell | No | |
| Joe Hockey North Sydney | No | |
| Greg Hunt Flinders | No | |
| Steve Irons Swan | No | |
| Dennis Jensen Tangney | No | |
| Ewen Jones Herbert | No | |
| Michael Keenan Stirling | No | |
| Craig Kelly Hughes | No | |
| Andrew Laming Bowman | No | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | No | |
| Ian Macfarlane Groom | No | |
| Nola Marino Forrest | No | |
| Louise Markus Macquarie | No | |
| Russell Matheson Macarthur | No | |
| Sophie Mirabella Indi | No | |
| Scott Morrison Cook | No | |
| Judi Moylan Pearce | No | |
| Kelly O'Dwyer Higgins | No | |
| Jane Prentice Ryan | No | |
| Christopher Pyne Sturt | No | |
| Rowan Ramsey Grey | No | |
| Andrew Robb Goldstein | No | |
| Stuart Robert Fadden | No | |
| Wyatt Roy Longman | No | |
| Philip Ruddock Berowra | No | |
| Alby Schultz Hume | No | |
| Patrick Secker Barker | No | |
| Luke Simpkins Cowan | No | |
| Peter Slipper Fisher | No | |
| Tony Smith Casey | No | |
| Alex Somlyay Fairfax | No | |
| Andrew Southcott Boothby | No | |
| Sharman Stone Murray | No | |
| Dan Tehan Wannon | No | |
| Alan Tudge Aston | No | |
| Malcolm Turnbull Wentworth | No | |
| Bert Van Manen Forde | No | |
| Ross Vasta Bonner | No | |
| Mal Washer Moore | No | |
| Ken Wyatt Hasluck | No | |
| Don Randall Canning | Absent | |
| National Party (100% turnout) | 0 Yes – 12 No | |
| Darren Chester Gippsland | No | |
| George Christensen Dawson | No | |
| John Cobb Calare | No | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes | No | |
| Tony Crook O'Connor | No | |
| John Forrest Mallee | No | |
| Luke Hartsuyker Cowper | No | |
| Michael McCormack Riverina | No | |
| Paul Neville Hinkler | No | |
| Ken O'Dowd Flynn | No | |
| Bruce Scott Maranoa | No | |
| Warren Truss Wide Bay | No | |
| Harry Jenkins Scullin Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (98% turnout) | 74 Yes – 73 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.