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12th Feb 2021
National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Amendment (Technical Amendments) Bill 2020 - Second Reading - Keep text unchanged
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 79% attendance
4th Feb 2021, 12:50 PM – Representatives National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse Amendment (Technical Amendments) Bill 2020 - Consideration in Detail - 90-day reports
Summary
EditThe majority voted in favour of disagreeing with amendments introduced by Barton MP Linda Burney (Labor), which means they failed.
Amendment text
(2) Schedule 1, item 51, page 18 (after line 30), at the end of Part 8-2, add:
200 Increase in cap on redress payments
(1) As soon as practicable after this section commences, the Minister must consider the action that needs to be taken to increase the $150,000 cap on redress payments to $200,000.
(2) Within 90 days after this section commences, the Minister must prepare a report on:
(a) what the Minister has done, or plans to do, to have the cap increased as mentioned in subsection (1); or
(b) if the Minister has not done, and does not plan to do, anything—the Minister's reasons for this.
(3) The Minister must cause a copy of the report to be tabled in each House of the Parliament on or before the first sitting day of that House after the end of those 90 days.
(4) In this section:
action includes amending this Act, an instrument made under this Act, or any other law.
(3) Schedule 1, item 51, page 18 (after line 30), at the end of Part 8-2, add:
201 Ending indexing of relevant prior payments
(1) As soon as practicable after this section commences, the Minister must consider the action that needs to be taken to end the indexing of relevant prior payments.
(2) Within 90 days after this section commences, the Minister must prepare a report on:
(a) what the Minister has done, or plans to do, to have indexing ended as mentioned in subsection (1); or
(b) if the Minister has not done, and does not plan to do, anything—the Minister's reasons for this.
(3) The Minister must cause a copy of the report to be tabled in each House of the Parliament on or before the first sitting day of that House after the end of those 90 days.
(4) In this section:
action includes amending this Act, an instrument made under this Act, or any other law.
(7) Schedule 1, item 51, page 18 (after line 30), at the end of Part 8-2, add:
205 Psychological counselling and support
(1) As soon as practicable after this section commences, the Minister must consider the action that needs to be taken to ensure that necessary ongoing psychological counselling and support is given to persons who are entitled to redress under the scheme.
(2) Within 90 days after this section commences, the Minister must prepare a report on:
(a) what the Minister has done, or plans to do, to have psychological counselling and support given as mentioned in subsection (1); or
(b) if the Minister has not done, and does not plan to do, anything—the Minister's reasons for this.
(3) The Minister must cause a copy of the report to be tabled in each House of the Parliament on or before the first sitting day of that House after the end of those 90 days.
(4) In this section:
action includes amending this Act, an instrument made under this Act, or any other law.
(9) Schedule 1, item 51, page 18 (after line 30), at the end of Part 8-2, add:
207 Review of determinations cannot reduce payments
(1) As soon as practicable after this section commences, the Minister must consider the action that needs to be taken to ensure that a review of a determination under Part 4-1 cannot reduce the total amount of redress under the determination.
(2) Within 90 days after this section commences, the Minister must prepare a report on:
(a) what the Minister has done, or plans to do, to ensure that a review of a determination under Part 4-1 cannot reduce the total amount of redress under the determination; or
(b) if the Minister has not done, and does not plan to do, anything—the Minister's reasons for this.
(3) The Minister must cause a copy of the report to be tabled in each House of the Parliament on or before the first sitting day of that House after the end of those 90 days.
(4) In this section:
action includes amending this Act, an instrument made under this Act, or any other law.
Votes Passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Bandt Melbourne Australian Greens | No | |
| Australian Labor Party (72% turnout) | 0 Yes – 49 No | |
| Sharon Bird Cunningham | No | |
| Tony Burke Watson | No | |
| Linda Burney Barton | No | |
| Josh Burns Macnamara | No | |
| Terri Butler Griffith | No | |
| Jim Chalmers Rankin | No | |
| Nick Champion Spence | No | |
| Lisa Chesters Bendigo | No | |
| Jason Clare Blaxland | No | |
| Libby Coker Corangamite | No | |
| Julie Collins Franklin | No | |
| Pat Conroy Shortland | No | |
| Milton Dick Oxley | No | |
| Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | No | |
| Justine Elliot Richmond | No | |
| Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter | No | |
| Mike Freelander Macarthur | No | |
| Andrew Giles Scullin | No | |
| Luke Gosling Solomon | No | |
| Chris Hayes Fowler | No | |
| Ed Husic Chifley | No | |
| Stephen Jones Whitlam | No | |
| Ged Kearney Cooper | No | |
| Peter Khalil Wills | No | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | No | |
| Andrew Leigh Fenner | No | |
| Richard Marles Corio | No | |
| Kristy McBain Eden-Monaro | No | |
| Brian Mitchell Lyons | No | |
| Rob Mitchell McEwen | No | |
| Daniel Mulino Fraser | No | |
| Peta Murphy Dunkley | No | |
| Shayne Neumann Blair | No | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | No | |
| Clare O'Neil Hotham | No | |
| Julie Owens Parramatta | No | |
| Fiona Phillips Gilmore | No | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | No | |
| Amanda Rishworth Kingston | No | |
| Michelle Rowland Greenway | No | |
| Joanne Ryan Lalor | 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 | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | No | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | Absent | |
| Anne Aly Cowan | Absent | |
| Chris Bowen McMahon | Absent | |
| Mark Butler Hindmarsh | Absent | |
| Anthony Byrne Holt | Absent | |
| Sharon Claydon Newcastle | Absent | |
| Steve Georganas Adelaide | Absent | |
| Patrick Gorman Perth | Absent | |
| Julian Hill Bruce | Absent | |
| Matt Keogh Burt | Absent | |
| Madeleine King Brand | Absent | |
| Emma McBride Dobell | Absent | |
| Alicia Payne Canberra | Absent | |
| Graham Perrett Moreton | Absent | |
| Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | Absent | |
| Kate Thwaites Jagajaga | Absent | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | Absent | |
| Anika Wells Lilley | Absent | |
| Josh Wilson Fremantle | Absent | |
| Rebekha Sharkie Mayo Centre Alliance | No | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes Deputy Speaker | Yes | |
| Helen Haines Indi Independent | No | |
| Zali Steggall Warringah Independent | No | |
| Andrew Wilkie Clark Independent | No | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Katter's Australian Party | Absent | |
| Liberal National Party (60% turnout) | 3 Yes – 0 No | |
| Garth Hamilton Groom | Yes | |
| Julian Simmonds Ryan | Yes | |
| Terry Young Longman | Yes | |
| Angie Bell Moncrieff | Absent | |
| Phillip Thompson Herbert | Absent | |
| Liberal Party (80% turnout) | 44 Yes – 0 No | |
| John Alexander Bennelong | Yes | |
| Katie Allen Higgins | Yes | |
| Karen Andrews McPherson | Yes | |
| Bridget Archer Bass | Yes | |
| Russell Broadbent Monash | 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 | |
| Alex Hawke Mitchell | Yes | |
| Steve Irons Swan | Yes | |
| Craig Kelly Hughes | Yes | |
| Andrew Laming Bowman | Yes | |
| Julian Leeser Berowra | Yes | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | Yes | |
| Gladys Liu Chisholm | Yes | |
| Fiona Martin Reid | Yes | |
| Melissa McIntosh Lindsay | Yes | |
| Ted O'Brien Fairfax | Yes | |
| Tony Pasin Barker | Yes | |
| Gavin Pearce Braddon | Yes | |
| Christian Porter Pearce | Yes | |
| Melissa Price Durack | Yes | |
| Rowan Ramsey Grey | Yes | |
| Stuart Robert Fadden | Yes | |
| Dave Sharma Wentworth | Yes | |
| James Stevens Sturt | 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 | |
| Ken Wyatt Hasluck | Yes | |
| Trent Zimmerman North Sydney | Yes | |
| Kevin Andrews Menzies | Absent | |
| Scott Buchholz Wright | Absent | |
| David Coleman Banks | Absent | |
| Trevor Evans Brisbane | Absent | |
| Andrew Hastie Canning | Absent | |
| Luke Howarth Petrie | Absent | |
| Greg Hunt Flinders | Absent | |
| Nola Marino Forrest | Absent | |
| Scott Morrison Cook | Absent | |
| Ben Morton Tangney | Absent | |
| Jason Wood La Trobe | Absent | |
| National Party (80% turnout) | 12 Yes – 0 No | |
| Darren Chester Gippsland | Yes | |
| George Christensen Dawson | Yes | |
| Pat Conaghan Cowper | Yes | |
| Damian Drum Nicholls | Yes | |
| Andrew Gee Calare | Yes | |
| David Gillespie Lyne | Yes | |
| Barnaby Joyce New England | Yes | |
| David Littleproud Maranoa | Yes | |
| Michael McCormack Riverina | Yes | |
| Ken O'Dowd Flynn | Yes | |
| Keith Pitt Hinkler | Yes | |
| Anne Webster Mallee | Yes | |
| Kevin Hogan Page | Absent | |
| Michelle Landry Capricornia | Absent | |
| Llew O'Brien Wide Bay | Absent | |
| Tony Smith Casey Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (75% turnout) | 60 Yes – 54 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.