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7th Mar 2019
Future Drought Fund Bill 2018, Future Drought Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Speed things along
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 94% attendance
21st Feb 2019, 12:37 PM – Representatives Future Drought Fund Bill 2018 and Future Drought Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with the bills' main idea
Summary
EditThe majority voted in favour of a motion to agree with the main idea of the bills. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bills for a second time.
What is the bills' main idea?
According to the bills digest:
The purpose of the Future Drought Fund Bill 2018 (the Fund Bill) is to establish the Future Drought Fund which includes the Future Drought Fund Special Account, and the Agriculture Future Drought Resilience Special Account to fund initiatives that enhance future drought resilience, preparedness and response across Australia.
The purpose of the Future Drought Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2018 (the Consequential Amendments Bill) is to make consequential amendments to a number of existing statutes to:
- extend the Future Fund Board’s duties to include managing the Future Drought Fund and
- allow for amounts to be transferred between the Future Drought Fund and the Future Fund.
Votes Passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Bandt Melbourne Australian Greens | No | |
| Australian Labor Party (94% turnout) | 0 Yes – 65 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 | |
| Kate Ellis Adelaide | 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 | |
| Chris Hayes Fowler | No | |
| Julian Hill Bruce | 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 | |
| Jenny Macklin Jagajaga | 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 | |
| Graham Perrett Moreton | No | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | No | |
| Amanda Rishworth Kingston | No | |
| Michelle Rowland Greenway | No | |
| Joanne Ryan Lalor | No | |
| Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | 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 | |
| Ross Hart Bass | Absent | |
| Emma Husar Lindsay | Absent | |
| Julie Owens Parramatta | Absent | |
| Warren Snowdon Lingiari | Absent | |
| Rebekha Sharkie Mayo Centre Alliance | Yes | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes Deputy Speaker | Yes | |
| Julia Banks Chisholm Independent | Yes | |
| Cathy McGowan Indi Independent | Yes | |
| Kerryn Phelps Wentworth Independent | Yes | |
| Andrew Wilkie Denison Independent | Yes | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Katter's Australian Party | Yes | |
| Liberal Party (93% turnout) | 53 Yes – 0 No | |
| Tony Abbott Warringah | Yes | |
| Karen Andrews McPherson | Yes | |
| Kevin Andrews Menzies | Yes | |
| Julie Bishop Curtin | Yes | |
| Russell Broadbent McMillan | Yes | |
| Scott Buchholz Wright | Yes | |
| Steven Ciobo Moncrieff | Yes | |
| David Coleman Banks | Yes | |
| Chris Crewther Dunkley | Yes | |
| Peter Dutton Dickson | Yes | |
| Warren Entsch Leichhardt | Yes | |
| Trevor Evans Brisbane | Yes | |
| Jason Falinski Mackellar | Yes | |
| Paul Fletcher Bradfield | Yes | |
| Nicolle Flint Boothby | 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Ann Sudmalis Gilmore | 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 | |
| John Alexander Bennelong | Absent | |
| Josh Frydenberg Kooyong | Absent | |
| Craig Laundy Reid | Absent | |
| Michael Sukkar Deakin | 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 (94% turnout) | 75 Yes – 66 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.