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20th Nov 2020
Services Australia Governance Amendment Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Staffing caps and privatisation
Not passed
No rebellions 67% attendance
20th Oct 2020, 5:54 PM – Representatives Services Australia Governance Amendment Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Keep question unchanged
Summary
EditThe majority voted in favour of keeping the question unchanged. In parliamentary jargon, they voted that the words proposed to be omitted stand part of the question. This vote was put after the motion below was introduced.
The original motion was "That this bill be now read a second time," which is the same as agreeing with the main idea of the bill.
Motion text
That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words: "whilst not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House calls on the Government to:
(1) abolish the "ASL offset rule", which has the effect of capping average staffing levels within Services Australia;
(2) stop the excessive use of consultancy firms and contractors to outsource important government services including Centrelink; and
(3) recognise that the staffing cap is a false economy that undermines the quality of government services, especially those delivered by Services Australia".
Votes Passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Bandt Melbourne Australian Greens | Absent | |
| Australian Labor Party (63% turnout) | 0 Yes – 43 No | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | No | |
| Anne Aly Cowan | No | |
| Sharon Bird Cunningham | No | |
| Chris Bowen McMahon | No | |
| Tony Burke Watson | No | |
| Mark Butler Hindmarsh | No | |
| Jim Chalmers Rankin | No | |
| Nick Champion Spence | No | |
| Lisa Chesters Bendigo | No | |
| Jason Clare Blaxland | No | |
| Sharon Claydon Newcastle | No | |
| Libby Coker Corangamite | No | |
| Julie Collins Franklin | No | |
| Pat Conroy Shortland | No | |
| Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter | No | |
| Mike Freelander Macarthur | No | |
| Steve Georganas Adelaide | 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 | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | No | |
| Madeleine King Brand | No | |
| Richard Marles Corio | No | |
| Kristy McBain Eden-Monaro | No | |
| Emma McBride Dobell | No | |
| Peta Murphy Dunkley | No | |
| Shayne Neumann Blair | No | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | No | |
| Fiona Phillips Gilmore | No | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | No | |
| Amanda Rishworth Kingston | No | |
| Michelle Rowland Greenway | No | |
| Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | No | |
| David Smith Bean | No | |
| Warren Snowdon Lingiari | No | |
| Anne Stanley Werriwa | No | |
| Meryl Swanson Paterson | No | |
| Susan Templeman Macquarie | No | |
| Matt Thistlethwaite Kingsford Smith | No | |
| Tim Watts Gellibrand | No | |
| Linda Burney Barton | Absent | |
| Josh Burns Macnamara | Absent | |
| Terri Butler Griffith | Absent | |
| Anthony Byrne Holt | Absent | |
| Milton Dick Oxley | Absent | |
| Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | Absent | |
| Justine Elliot Richmond | Absent | |
| Stephen Jones Whitlam | Absent | |
| Ged Kearney Cooper | Absent | |
| Matt Keogh Burt | Absent | |
| Peter Khalil Wills | Absent | |
| Andrew Leigh Fenner | Absent | |
| Brian Mitchell Lyons | Absent | |
| Rob Mitchell McEwen | Absent | |
| Daniel Mulino Fraser | Absent | |
| Clare O'Neil Hotham | Absent | |
| Julie Owens Parramatta | Absent | |
| Alicia Payne Canberra | Absent | |
| Graham Perrett Moreton | Absent | |
| Joanne Ryan Lalor | Absent | |
| Kate Thwaites Jagajaga | Absent | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | Absent | |
| Anika Wells Lilley | Absent | |
| Josh Wilson Fremantle | Absent | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | Absent | |
| Rebekha Sharkie Mayo Centre Alliance | Yes | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes Deputy Speaker | Yes | |
| Helen Haines Indi Independent | Yes | |
| Zali Steggall Warringah Independent | Yes | |
| Andrew Wilkie Clark Independent | No | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Katter's Australian Party | Absent | |
| Liberal National Party (75% turnout) | 3 Yes – 0 No | |
| Angie Bell Moncrieff | Yes | |
| Julian Simmonds Ryan | Yes | |
| Terry Young Longman | Yes | |
| Phillip Thompson Herbert | Absent | |
| Liberal Party (67% turnout) | 37 Yes – 0 No | |
| John Alexander Bennelong | Yes | |
| Katie Allen Higgins | Yes | |
| Karen Andrews McPherson | Yes | |
| Bridget Archer Bass | Yes | |
| Vince Connelly Stirling | Yes | |
| Peter Dutton Dickson | Yes | |
| Warren Entsch Leichhardt | Yes | |
| Jason Falinski Mackellar | Yes | |
| Paul Fletcher Bradfield | Yes | |
| Nicolle Flint Boothby | Yes | |
| Josh Frydenberg Kooyong | Yes | |
| Ian Goodenough Moore | Yes | |
| Celia Hammond Curtin | Yes | |
| Andrew Hastie Canning | Yes | |
| Alex Hawke Mitchell | Yes | |
| Greg Hunt Flinders | Yes | |
| Craig Kelly Hughes | Yes | |
| Julian Leeser Berowra | Yes | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | Yes | |
| Gladys Liu Chisholm | Yes | |
| Fiona Martin Reid | Yes | |
| Melissa McIntosh Lindsay | Yes | |
| Scott Morrison Cook | Yes | |
| Christian Porter Pearce | Yes | |
| Melissa Price Durack | Yes | |
| Rowan Ramsey Grey | Yes | |
| Stuart Robert Fadden | Yes | |
| Michael Sukkar Deakin | Yes | |
| Angus Taylor Hume | Yes | |
| Alan Tudge Aston | Yes | |
| Bert Van Manen Forde | Yes | |
| Andrew Wallace Fisher | Yes | |
| Lucy Wicks Robertson | Yes | |
| Rick Wilson O'Connor | Yes | |
| Tim Wilson Goldstein | Yes | |
| Ken Wyatt Hasluck | Yes | |
| Trent Zimmerman North Sydney | Yes | |
| Kevin Andrews Menzies | Absent | |
| Russell Broadbent Monash | Absent | |
| Scott Buchholz Wright | Absent | |
| David Coleman Banks | Absent | |
| Trevor Evans Brisbane | Absent | |
| Luke Howarth Petrie | Absent | |
| Steve Irons Swan | Absent | |
| Andrew Laming Bowman | Absent | |
| Nola Marino Forrest | Absent | |
| Ben Morton Tangney | Absent | |
| Ted O'Brien Fairfax | Absent | |
| Tony Pasin Barker | Absent | |
| Gavin Pearce Braddon | Absent | |
| Dave Sharma Wentworth | Absent | |
| James Stevens Sturt | Absent | |
| Dan Tehan Wannon | Absent | |
| Ross Vasta Bonner | Absent | |
| Jason Wood La Trobe | Absent | |
| National Party (60% turnout) | 9 Yes – 0 No | |
| Darren Chester Gippsland | Yes | |
| Pat Conaghan Cowper | Yes | |
| Damian Drum Nicholls | Yes | |
| Andrew Gee Calare | Yes | |
| David Gillespie Lyne | Yes | |
| David Littleproud Maranoa | Yes | |
| Michael McCormack Riverina | Yes | |
| Keith Pitt Hinkler | Yes | |
| Anne Webster Mallee | Yes | |
| George Christensen Dawson | Absent | |
| Kevin Hogan Page | Absent | |
| Barnaby Joyce New England | Absent | |
| Michelle Landry Capricornia | Absent | |
| Llew O'Brien Wide Bay | Absent | |
| Ken O'Dowd Flynn | Absent | |
| Tony Smith Casey Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (65% turnout) | 53 Yes – 44 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.