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9th Apr 2020
Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020 and related bills - Second Reading - Major charity access to JobKeeper program
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 35% attendance
8th Apr 2020, 3:35 PM – Representatives Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Payments and Benefits) Bill 2020 and related bills - Second Reading - Educational sector staff
Summary
EditThe majority voted in favour of disagreeing with the amendment to the usual second reading motion "that the bill be read for a second time", which is parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill. This mean that the amendment failed.
This amendment was introduced by Sydney MP Tanya Plibersek (Labor) and, if it had been successful, its text would have been added to the usual second reading motion as a note. In other words, it didn't seek to change the actual text of the bills.
MP Plibersek explained the rationale behind her amendment in her contribution to the debate.
Amendment text
That the following words be added after paragraph (7):
"(8) calls on the Government to provide much more support for staff in schools, TAFEs, and universities affected by this crisis, noting that:
(a) hundreds of thousands of school and university staff, including casual workers, are facing job losses, but will not be eligible for this JobKeeper payment; and
(b) the Government should be saving jobs and making sure Australia has a strong and sustainable education and training sector on the other side of this crisis".
Votes Passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Bandt Melbourne Australian Greens | No | |
| Australian Labor Party (31% turnout) | 0 Yes – 21 No | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | No | |
| Chris Bowen McMahon | No | |
| Tony Burke Watson | No | |
| Linda Burney Barton | No | |
| Mark Butler Hindmarsh | No | |
| Jim Chalmers Rankin | No | |
| Jason Clare Blaxland | No | |
| Sharon Claydon Newcastle | No | |
| Julie Collins Franklin | No | |
| Chris Hayes Fowler | No | |
| Stephen Jones Whitlam | No | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | No | |
| Madeleine King Brand | No | |
| Andrew Leigh Fenner | No | |
| Richard Marles Corio | No | |
| Rob Mitchell McEwen | No | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | No | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | No | |
| Joanne Ryan Lalor | No | |
| Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | No | |
| Anne Stanley Werriwa | No | |
| Anne Aly Cowan | Absent | |
| Sharon Bird Cunningham | Absent | |
| Josh Burns Macnamara | Absent | |
| Terri Butler Griffith | Absent | |
| Anthony Byrne Holt | Absent | |
| Nick Champion Spence | Absent | |
| Lisa Chesters Bendigo | Absent | |
| Libby Coker Corangamite | Absent | |
| Pat Conroy Shortland | Absent | |
| Milton Dick Oxley | Absent | |
| Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | Absent | |
| Justine Elliot Richmond | Absent | |
| Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter | Absent | |
| Mike Freelander Macarthur | Absent | |
| Steve Georganas Adelaide | Absent | |
| Andrew Giles Scullin | Absent | |
| Patrick Gorman Perth | Absent | |
| Luke Gosling Solomon | Absent | |
| Julian Hill Bruce | Absent | |
| Ed Husic Chifley | Absent | |
| Ged Kearney Cooper | Absent | |
| Mike Kelly Eden-Monaro | Absent | |
| Matt Keogh Burt | Absent | |
| Peter Khalil Wills | Absent | |
| Emma McBride Dobell | Absent | |
| Brian Mitchell Lyons | Absent | |
| Daniel Mulino Fraser | Absent | |
| Peta Murphy Dunkley | Absent | |
| Shayne Neumann Blair | Absent | |
| Clare O'Neil Hotham | Absent | |
| Julie Owens Parramatta | Absent | |
| Alicia Payne Canberra | Absent | |
| Graham Perrett Moreton | Absent | |
| Fiona Phillips Gilmore | Absent | |
| Amanda Rishworth Kingston | Absent | |
| Michelle Rowland Greenway | Absent | |
| David Smith Bean | Absent | |
| Warren Snowdon Lingiari | Absent | |
| Meryl Swanson Paterson | Absent | |
| Susan Templeman Macquarie | Absent | |
| Matt Thistlethwaite Kingsford Smith | Absent | |
| Kate Thwaites Jagajaga | Absent | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | Absent | |
| Tim Watts Gellibrand | Absent | |
| Anika Wells Lilley | Absent | |
| Josh Wilson Fremantle | Absent | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | Absent | |
| Rebekha Sharkie Mayo Centre Alliance | Absent | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes Deputy Speaker | Yes | |
| Helen Haines Indi Independent | No | |
| Zali Steggall Warringah Independent | No | |
| Andrew Wilkie Clark Independent | Absent | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Katter's Australian Party | Absent | |
| Liberal National Party (0% turnout) | Absent | |
| Angie Bell Moncrieff | Absent | |
| Julian Simmonds Ryan | Absent | |
| Phillip Thompson Herbert | Absent | |
| Terry Young Longman | Absent | |
| Liberal Party (41% turnout) | 23 Yes – 0 No | |
| Katie Allen Higgins | Yes | |
| Kevin Andrews Menzies | Yes | |
| Bridget Archer Bass | Yes | |
| Jason Falinski Mackellar | Yes | |
| Paul Fletcher Bradfield | Yes | |
| Nicolle Flint Boothby | Yes | |
| Josh Frydenberg Kooyong | Yes | |
| Greg Hunt Flinders | Yes | |
| Julian Leeser Berowra | Yes | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | Yes | |
| Fiona Martin Reid | Yes | |
| Melissa McIntosh Lindsay | Yes | |
| Scott Morrison Cook | Yes | |
| Ben Morton Tangney | Yes | |
| Christian Porter Pearce | Yes | |
| Stuart Robert Fadden | Yes | |
| Dave Sharma Wentworth | Yes | |
| Michael Sukkar Deakin | Yes | |
| Dan Tehan Wannon | Yes | |
| Alan Tudge Aston | Yes | |
| Bert Van Manen Forde | Yes | |
| Tim Wilson Goldstein | Yes | |
| Trent Zimmerman North Sydney | Yes | |
| John Alexander Bennelong | Absent | |
| Karen Andrews McPherson | Absent | |
| Russell Broadbent Monash | Absent | |
| Scott Buchholz Wright | Absent | |
| David Coleman Banks | Absent | |
| Vince Connelly Stirling | Absent | |
| Peter Dutton Dickson | Absent | |
| Warren Entsch Leichhardt | Absent | |
| Trevor Evans Brisbane | Absent | |
| Ian Goodenough Moore | Absent | |
| Celia Hammond Curtin | Absent | |
| Andrew Hastie Canning | Absent | |
| Alex Hawke Mitchell | Absent | |
| Luke Howarth Petrie | Absent | |
| Steve Irons Swan | Absent | |
| Craig Kelly Hughes | Absent | |
| Andrew Laming Bowman | Absent | |
| Gladys Liu Chisholm | Absent | |
| Nola Marino Forrest | Absent | |
| John McVeigh Groom | Absent | |
| Ted O'Brien Fairfax | Absent | |
| Tony Pasin Barker | Absent | |
| Gavin Pearce Braddon | Absent | |
| Melissa Price Durack | Absent | |
| Rowan Ramsey Grey | Absent | |
| James Stevens Sturt | Absent | |
| Angus Taylor Hume | Absent | |
| Ross Vasta Bonner | Absent | |
| Andrew Wallace Fisher | Absent | |
| Lucy Wicks Robertson | Absent | |
| Rick Wilson O'Connor | Absent | |
| Jason Wood La Trobe | Absent | |
| Ken Wyatt Hasluck | Absent | |
| National Party (33% turnout) | 5 Yes – 0 No | |
| Darren Chester Gippsland | Yes | |
| Damian Drum Nicholls | Yes | |
| Andrew Gee Calare | Yes | |
| Michael McCormack Riverina | Yes | |
| Llew O'Brien Wide Bay | Yes | |
| George Christensen Dawson | Absent | |
| Pat Conaghan Cowper | Absent | |
| David Gillespie Lyne | Absent | |
| Kevin Hogan Page | Absent | |
| Barnaby Joyce New England | Absent | |
| Michelle Landry Capricornia | Absent | |
| David Littleproud Maranoa | Absent | |
| Ken O'Dowd Flynn | Absent | |
| Keith Pitt Hinkler | Absent | |
| Anne Webster Mallee | Absent | |
| Tony Smith Casey Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (35% turnout) | 29 Yes – 24 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.