22nd Aug 2012, 10:15 AM – Representatives Veterans' Affairs Legislation Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Index military superannuation pensions
Summary
EditThe majority disagreed with Liberal MP Stuart Robert's motion, which would have asked the House to vote against this bill until the Government indexes military superannuation pensions in the same way as aged and service pensions.
Wording of the motion
That all words after “That” be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:
“the House declines to consider this bill until such time as the Government introduces legislation to index military superannuation pensions for Defence Forces Retirement Benefit (DFRB) Scheme members and Defence Force Retirement and Death Benefits (DFRDB) Scheme members aged 55 and over in the same manner as aged and service pensions are currently indexed.”
Votes Not passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Bandt Melbourne Australian Greens | No | |
| Australian Labor Party (93% turnout) | 0 Yes – 65 No | |
| Dick Adams Lyons | No | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | No | |
| Sharon Bird Cunningham | No | |
| Chris Bowen McMahon | No | |
| David Bradbury Lindsay | No | |
| Gai Brodtmann Canberra | No | |
| Tony Burke Watson | No | |
| Mark Butler Port Adelaide | No | |
| Anthony Byrne Holt | No | |
| Nick Champion Wakefield | No | |
| Darren Cheeseman Corangamite | No | |
| Jason Clare Blaxland | No | |
| Julie Collins Franklin | No | |
| Greg Combet Charlton | No | |
| Simon Crean Hotham | No | |
| Yvette D'Ath Petrie | No | |
| Michael Danby Melbourne Ports | No | |
| Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | No | |
| Justine Elliot Richmond | No | |
| Kate Ellis Adelaide | No | |
| Craig Emerson Rankin | No | |
| Laurie Ferguson Werriwa | No | |
| Martin Ferguson Batman | No | |
| Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter | No | |
| Peter Garrett Kingsford Smith | No | |
| Steve Georganas Hindmarsh | No | |
| Steve Gibbons Bendigo | No | |
| Gary Gray Brand | No | |
| Sharon Grierson Newcastle | No | |
| Jill Hall Shortland | No | |
| Chris Hayes Fowler | No | |
| Harry Jenkins Scullin | No | |
| Stephen Jones Throsby | No | |
| Mike Kelly Eden-Monaro | No | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | No | |
| Andrew Leigh Fraser | No | |
| Kirsten Livermore Capricornia | No | |
| Geoff Lyons Bass | No | |
| Jenny Macklin Jagajaga | No | |
| Richard Marles Corio | No | |
| Robert McClelland Barton | No | |
| Rob Mitchell McEwen | No | |
| John Murphy Reid | No | |
| Shayne Neumann Blair | No | |
| Deborah O'Neill Robertson | No | |
| Julie Owens Parramatta | No | |
| Melissa Parke Fremantle | No | |
| Graham Perrett Moreton | No | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | No | |
| Bernie Ripoll Oxley | No | |
| Amanda Rishworth Kingston | No | |
| Michelle Rowland Greenway | No | |
| Nicola Roxon Gellibrand | No | |
| Kevin Rudd Griffith | No | |
| Janelle Saffin Page | No | |
| Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | No | |
| Sid Sidebottom Braddon | No | |
| Stephen Smith Perth | No | |
| Laura Smyth La Trobe | No | |
| Warren Snowdon Lingiari | No | |
| Wayne Swan Lilley | No | |
| Mike Symon Deakin | No | |
| Kelvin Thomson Wills | No | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | No | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | No | |
| Julia Gillard Lalor | Absent | |
| Alan Griffin Bruce | Absent | |
| Ed Husic Chifley | Absent | |
| Daryl Melham Banks | Absent | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | Absent | |
| Natasha Griggs Solomon Country Liberal Party | Yes | |
| Anna Burke Chisholm Deputy Speaker | Absent | |
| Andrew Wilkie Denison Independent | Yes | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Independent | No | |
| Craig Thomson Dobell Independent | No | |
| Tony Windsor New England Independent | No | |
| Robert Oakeshott Lyne Independent | Absent | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Katter's Australian Party | Absent | |
| Liberal Party (92% turnout) | 54 Yes – 0 No | |
| John Alexander Bennelong | Yes | |
| Karen Andrews McPherson | Yes | |
| Kevin Andrews Menzies | Yes | |
| Bob Baldwin Paterson | Yes | |
| Bruce Billson Dunkley | Yes | |
| Julie Bishop Curtin | Yes | |
| Jamie Briggs Mayo | Yes | |
| Russell Broadbent McMillan | Yes | |
| Scott Buchholz Wright | Yes | |
| Steven Ciobo Moncrieff | Yes | |
| Peter Dutton Dickson | Yes | |
| Warren Entsch Leichhardt | Yes | |
| Paul Fletcher Bradfield | Yes | |
| Josh Frydenberg Kooyong | Yes | |
| Teresa Gambaro Brisbane | Yes | |
| Barry Haase Durack | Yes | |
| Alex Hawke Mitchell | Yes | |
| Joe Hockey North Sydney | Yes | |
| Greg Hunt Flinders | Yes | |
| Steve Irons Swan | Yes | |
| Dennis Jensen Tangney | Yes | |
| Ewen Jones Herbert | Yes | |
| Michael Keenan Stirling | Yes | |
| Craig Kelly Hughes | Yes | |
| Andrew Laming Bowman | Yes | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | Yes | |
| Ian Macfarlane Groom | Yes | |
| Nola Marino Forrest | Yes | |
| Louise Markus Macquarie | Yes | |
| Russell Matheson Macarthur | Yes | |
| Sophie Mirabella Indi | Yes | |
| Scott Morrison Cook | Yes | |
| Judi Moylan Pearce | Yes | |
| Jane Prentice Ryan | Yes | |
| Christopher Pyne Sturt | Yes | |
| Rowan Ramsey Grey | Yes | |
| Don Randall Canning | Yes | |
| Andrew Robb Goldstein | Yes | |
| Stuart Robert Fadden | Yes | |
| Wyatt Roy Longman | Yes | |
| Philip Ruddock Berowra | Yes | |
| Alby Schultz Hume | Yes | |
| Patrick Secker Barker | Yes | |
| Luke Simpkins Cowan | Yes | |
| Tony Smith Casey | Yes | |
| Andrew Southcott Boothby | Yes | |
| Sharman Stone Murray | Yes | |
| Dan Tehan Wannon | Yes | |
| Alan Tudge Aston | Yes | |
| Malcolm Turnbull Wentworth | Yes | |
| Bert Van Manen Forde | Yes | |
| Ross Vasta Bonner | Yes | |
| Mal Washer Moore | Yes | |
| Ken Wyatt Hasluck | Yes | |
| Tony Abbott Warringah | Absent | |
| Bronwyn Bishop Mackellar | Absent | |
| Joanna Gash Gilmore | Absent | |
| Kelly O'Dwyer Higgins | Absent | |
| Alex Somlyay Fairfax | Absent | |
| National Party (100% turnout) | 12 Yes – 0 No | |
| Darren Chester Gippsland | Yes | |
| George Christensen Dawson | Yes | |
| John Cobb Calare | Yes | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes | Yes | |
| Tony Crook O'Connor | Yes | |
| John Forrest Mallee | Yes | |
| Luke Hartsuyker Cowper | Yes | |
| Michael McCormack Riverina | Yes | |
| Paul Neville Hinkler | Yes | |
| Ken O'Dowd Flynn | Yes | |
| Bruce Scott Maranoa | Yes | |
| Warren Truss Wide Bay | Yes | |
| Peter Slipper Fisher Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (91% turnout) | 68 Yes – 69 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.