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representatives vote 2017-03-02#3
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- The majority voted to pass the [bill](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r5682) in the House of Representatives, which means it will now go to the Senate for their consideration. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill [for a third time](http://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html).
- ### What does this bill do?
The bill creates a special account to fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). According to [ABC News](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-03/disability-support-crackdown-to-help-fund-ndis/7380828), the $2.1 billion expected to fill the special account will come from a "*crack down on the Disability Support Pension and cut[ting] off carbon tax compensation for all new welfare recipients*". The Government argued that this special account is necessary because the NDIS is currently [only partially funded](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-15/ndis-funding-explainer/8271996).- The bill creates a special account to fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). According to [ABC News](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-03/disability-support-crackdown-to-help-fund-ndis/7380828), part of the $2.1 billion expected to fill the special account will come from a "*crack down on the Disability Support Pension and cut[ting] off carbon tax compensation for all new welfare recipients*". The Government argued that this special account is necessary because the NDIS is currently [only partially funded](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-15/ndis-funding-explainer/8271996).
- But the [Opposition disagrees](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2017-03-02.8.2), arguing that the NDIS is in fact fully funded and so this special account is unnecessary. They also questioned the Government's motivation for creating the account at all.
- Read more about the bill in its [bills digest](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1617a/17bd001) and on [ABC News](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-03/budget-2016/7380832).
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representatives vote 2017-03-02#3
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2017-03-05 02:48:54
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- The majority voted to pass the [bill](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r5682) in the House of Representatives, which means it will now go to the Senate for their consideration. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill [for a third time](http://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html).
- ### What does this bill do?
The bill creates a special account to fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). According to [ABC News](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-03/disability-support-crackdown-to-help-fund-ndis/7380828), the $2.1 billion expected to fill the special account will come from a "*crack down on the Disability Support Pension and cut[ting] off carbon tax compensation for all new welfare recipients*".- The bill creates a special account to fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). According to [ABC News](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-03/disability-support-crackdown-to-help-fund-ndis/7380828), the $2.1 billion expected to fill the special account will come from a "*crack down on the Disability Support Pension and cut[ting] off carbon tax compensation for all new welfare recipients*". The Government argued that this special account is necessary because the NDIS is currently [only partially funded](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-15/ndis-funding-explainer/8271996).
The [opposition argued](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2017-03-02.8.2) that the fund isn't necessary because the NDIS is already fully funded - though [the Government disagrees with this](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-15/ndis-funding-explainer/8271996). - But the [Opposition disagrees](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2017-03-02.8.2), arguing that the NDIS is in fact fully funded and so this special account is unnecessary. They also questioned the Government's motivation for creating the account at all.
- Read more about the bill in its [bills digest](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1617a/17bd001) and on [ABC News](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-03/budget-2016/7380832).
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representatives vote 2017-03-02#3
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- The majority voted to pass the [bill](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r5682) in the House of Representatives, which means it will now go to the Senate for their consideration. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill [for a third time](http://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html).
- ### What does this bill do?
The bill creates a special account to fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). However, there is debate about whether it is in fact necessary and why it is actually being set up. For example, Labor Party MP [Steve Georganas](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/hindmarsh/steve_georganas) (for Hindmarsh) explained in [his speech against the bill](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2017-03-02.9.1) that:- The bill creates a special account to fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). According to [ABC News](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-03/disability-support-crackdown-to-help-fund-ndis/7380828), the $2.1 billion expected to fill the special account will come from a "*crack down on the Disability Support Pension and cut[ting] off carbon tax compensation for all new welfare recipients*".
> *This bill aims to establish, as we have heard, a special account, the National Disability Insurance Scheme Savings Fund Special Account. The coalition government's priorities are in question about this, not the former Labor government's plan to fund the NDIS. The NDIS was fully funded. Disability organisations have resoundingly rejected this fund and the government's planned cuts that will go into it. The government refuses to listen to those who are experts in the field, like Peter Davidson from ACOSS, who said:*>> *It is not obvious why this new fund is needed. Its purpose, apart from the generic one of funding the NDIS, is not clear and we don't believe it should be supported in its present form.*According to [ABC News](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-03/disability-support-crackdown-to-help-fund-ndis/7380828), the $2.1 billion expected to fill the special account will come from a "*crack down on the Disability Support Pension and cut[ting] off carbon tax compensation for all new welfare recipients*".- The [opposition argued](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2017-03-02.8.2) that the fund isn't necessary because the NDIS is already fully funded - though [the Government disagrees with this](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-15/ndis-funding-explainer/8271996).
- Read more about the bill in its [bills digest](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1617a/17bd001) and on [ABC News](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-03/budget-2016/7380832).
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representatives vote 2017-03-02#3
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Bills — National Disability Insurance Scheme Savings Fund Special Account Bill 2016; Third Reading- National Disability Insurance Scheme Savings Fund Special Account Bill 2016 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
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<p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p><p>I have received a message from His Excellency the Governor-General recommending, in accordance with section 56 of the Constitution, an appropriation for the purposes of this bill.</p> <p class="speaker">Christian Porter</p>- The majority voted to pass the [bill](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r5682) in the House of Representatives, which means it will now go to the Senate for their consideration. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill [for a third time](http://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html).
- ### What does this bill do?
- The bill creates a special account to fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). However, there is debate about whether it is in fact necessary and why it is actually being set up. For example, Labor Party MP [Steve Georganas](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/hindmarsh/steve_georganas) (for Hindmarsh) explained in [his speech against the bill](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2017-03-02.9.1) that:
- > *This bill aims to establish, as we have heard, a special account, the National Disability Insurance Scheme Savings Fund Special Account. The coalition government's priorities are in question about this, not the former Labor government's plan to fund the NDIS. The NDIS was fully funded. Disability organisations have resoundingly rejected this fund and the government's planned cuts that will go into it. The government refuses to listen to those who are experts in the field, like Peter Davidson from ACOSS, who said:*
- >> *It is not obvious why this new fund is needed. Its purpose, apart from the generic one of funding the NDIS, is not clear and we don't believe it should be supported in its present form.*
- According to [ABC News](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-03/disability-support-crackdown-to-help-fund-ndis/7380828), the $2.1 billion expected to fill the special account will come from a "*crack down on the Disability Support Pension and cut[ting] off carbon tax compensation for all new welfare recipients*".
- Read more about the bill in its [bills digest](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1617a/17bd001) and on [ABC News](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-03/budget-2016/7380832).
<p>by leave—I move:</p><p class="italic">That this bill be now read a third time.</p><p>Bill read a third time.</p>
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