edited
10th Jan 2019
Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Bill 2018 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 95% attendance
27th Nov 2018, 5:20 PM – Representatives Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Consequential Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2018 - Consideration in Detail - Commencment and court fees
Summary
EditThe majority voted in favour of amendments introduced by Liberal MP Stuart Robert, which means they succeeded. These amendments related to the commencement date and court fees.
What does this bill do?
This bill, together with the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia Bill 2018, was introduced to:
bring the Federal Circuit Court of Australia and the Family Court of Australia together into an overarching, unified administrative structure to be known as the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia.
Note that on 23 August 2018, the Senate referred the provisions of these two related bills to the Legal and Constitutional Affairs Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 15 April 2019.
Votes Passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Bandt Melbourne Australian Greens | No | |
| Australian Labor Party (96% turnout) | 0 Yes – 66 No | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | No | |
| Anne Aly Cowan | No | |
| Sharon Bird Cunningham | No | |
| Chris Bowen McMahon | No | |
| Gai Brodtmann Canberra | No | |
| Tony Burke Watson | No | |
| Linda Burney Barton | No | |
| Mark Butler Port Adelaide | No | |
| Terri Butler Griffith | No | |
| Anthony Byrne Holt | No | |
| Jim Chalmers Rankin | No | |
| Nick Champion Wakefield | No | |
| Lisa Chesters Bendigo | No | |
| Jason Clare Blaxland | No | |
| Sharon Claydon Newcastle | No | |
| Julie Collins Franklin | No | |
| Pat Conroy Shortland | No | |
| Michael Danby Melbourne Ports | No | |
| Milton Dick Oxley | No | |
| Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | No | |
| Justine Elliot Richmond | No | |
| Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter | No | |
| Mike Freelander Macarthur | No | |
| Steve Georganas Hindmarsh | No | |
| Andrew Giles Scullin | No | |
| Patrick Gorman Perth | No | |
| Luke Gosling Solomon | No | |
| Ross Hart Bass | No | |
| Julian Hill Bruce | No | |
| Emma Husar Lindsay | No | |
| Ed Husic Chifley | No | |
| Stephen Jones Whitlam | No | |
| Ged Kearney Batman | No | |
| Justine Keay Braddon | No | |
| Mike Kelly Eden-Monaro | No | |
| Matt Keogh Burt | No | |
| Peter Khalil Wills | No | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | No | |
| Madeleine King Brand | No | |
| Susan Lamb Longman | No | |
| Andrew Leigh Fenner | No | |
| Richard Marles Corio | No | |
| Emma McBride Dobell | No | |
| Brian Mitchell Lyons | No | |
| Rob Mitchell McEwen | No | |
| Shayne Neumann Blair | No | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | No | |
| Clare O'Neil Hotham | No | |
| Cathy O'Toole Herbert | No | |
| Julie Owens Parramatta | No | |
| Graham Perrett Moreton | No | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | No | |
| Amanda Rishworth Kingston | No | |
| Michelle Rowland Greenway | No | |
| Joanne Ryan Lalor | No | |
| Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | No | |
| Warren Snowdon Lingiari | No | |
| Anne Stanley Werriwa | No | |
| Wayne Swan Lilley | No | |
| Meryl Swanson Paterson | No | |
| Susan Templeman Macquarie | No | |
| Matt Thistlethwaite Kingsford Smith | No | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | No | |
| Tim Watts Gellibrand | No | |
| Josh Wilson Fremantle | No | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | No | |
| Kate Ellis Adelaide | Absent | |
| Chris Hayes Fowler | Absent | |
| Jenny Macklin Jagajaga | Absent | |
| Rebekha Sharkie Mayo Centre Alliance | Yes | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes Deputy Speaker | Yes | |
| Cathy McGowan Indi Independent | Yes | |
| Kerryn Phelps Wentworth Independent | Yes | |
| Andrew Wilkie Denison Independent | No | |
| Julia Banks Chisholm Independent | Absent | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Katter's Australian Party | Yes | |
| Liberal Party (96% turnout) | 55 Yes – 0 No | |
| Tony Abbott Warringah | Yes | |
| John Alexander Bennelong | Yes | |
| Karen Andrews McPherson | Yes | |
| Kevin Andrews Menzies | Yes | |
| Julia Banks Chisholm | Yes | |
| Russell Broadbent McMillan | Yes | |
| Scott Buchholz Wright | Yes | |
| Steven Ciobo Moncrieff | Yes | |
| David Coleman Banks | Yes | |
| Chris Crewther Dunkley | Yes | |
| Warren Entsch Leichhardt | Yes | |
| Trevor Evans Brisbane | Yes | |
| Jason Falinski Mackellar | Yes | |
| Paul Fletcher Bradfield | Yes | |
| Nicolle Flint Boothby | Yes | |
| Josh Frydenberg Kooyong | Yes | |
| Ian Goodenough Moore | Yes | |
| Andrew Hastie Canning | Yes | |
| Alex Hawke Mitchell | Yes | |
| Sarah Henderson Corangamite | Yes | |
| Luke Howarth Petrie | Yes | |
| Greg Hunt Flinders | Yes | |
| Steve Irons Swan | Yes | |
| Michael Keenan Stirling | Yes | |
| Craig Kelly Hughes | Yes | |
| Andrew Laming Bowman | Yes | |
| Craig Laundy Reid | Yes | |
| Julian Leeser Berowra | Yes | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | Yes | |
| Nola Marino Forrest | Yes | |
| John McVeigh Groom | Yes | |
| Scott Morrison Cook | Yes | |
| Ben Morton Tangney | Yes | |
| Ted O'Brien Fairfax | Yes | |
| Kelly O'Dwyer Higgins | Yes | |
| Tony Pasin Barker | Yes | |
| Christian Porter Pearce | Yes | |
| Jane Prentice Ryan | Yes | |
| Melissa Price Durack | Yes | |
| Christopher Pyne Sturt | Yes | |
| Rowan Ramsey Grey | Yes | |
| Stuart Robert Fadden | Yes | |
| Michael Sukkar Deakin | Yes | |
| Angus Taylor Hume | Yes | |
| Dan Tehan Wannon | Yes | |
| Alan Tudge Aston | Yes | |
| Bert Van Manen Forde | Yes | |
| Ross Vasta Bonner | Yes | |
| Andrew Wallace Fisher | Yes | |
| Lucy Wicks Robertson | Yes | |
| Rick Wilson O'Connor | Yes | |
| Tim Wilson Goldstein | Yes | |
| Jason Wood La Trobe | Yes | |
| Ken Wyatt Hasluck | Yes | |
| Trent Zimmerman North Sydney | Yes | |
| Julie Bishop Curtin | Absent | |
| Peter Dutton Dickson | Absent | |
| Ann Sudmalis Gilmore | Absent | |
| National Party (100% turnout) | 15 Yes – 0 No | |
| Andrew Broad Mallee | Yes | |
| Darren Chester Gippsland | Yes | |
| George Christensen Dawson | Yes | |
| Damian Drum Murray | Yes | |
| Andrew Gee Calare | Yes | |
| David Gillespie Lyne | Yes | |
| Luke Hartsuyker Cowper | Yes | |
| Kevin Hogan Page | Yes | |
| Barnaby Joyce New England | Yes | |
| Michelle Landry Capricornia | Yes | |
| David Littleproud Maranoa | Yes | |
| Michael McCormack Riverina | Yes | |
| Llew O'Brien Wide Bay | Yes | |
| Ken O'Dowd Flynn | Yes | |
| Keith Pitt Hinkler | Yes | |
| Tony Smith Casey Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (95% turnout) | 75 Yes – 68 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.