Division Description Changes — Motions — Electoral Roll — 28th Oct 2021

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representatives vote 2021-10-28#6 Edited by mackay staff on 2021-11-12 10:24:41	Title ~~Motions — Electoral Roll~~ Motions - Electoral Roll - Don't let a vote happen Description ~~<p class="speaker">Tony Smith</p>~~ ~~<p>The question now is that the motion moved by the honourable Leader of the Opposition be disagreed to.</p>~~ ~~<p></p>~~ ~~<p></p>~~ The majority voted in favour of disagreeing with a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2021-10-28.17.17) introduced by Grayndler MP [Anthony Albanese](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/grayndler/anthony_albanese) (Labor), which means the motion failed. The motion was to suspend the usual procedural rules of parliament - known as [standing orders](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/parliament-at-work/standing-orders/) - in order to let another vote happen. ### Motion text *> That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent th*e Leader of the Opposition from moving the following motion immediately: > > That the House: > > (1) notes: > >> (a) voter fraud is a "vanishingly small" issue in Australia according to the AEC; >> >> (b) there were no prosecutions for multiple voting at the last election; >> >> (c) on the eve of an election, the Morrison-Joyce Government is trying to ram through a bill to stop Australians voting; >> >> (d) this is a desperate attempt to undermine our strong democracy and deny Australians their basic democratic rights; >> >> (e) the Morrison-Joyce Government is trying to bring the politics and tactics of Trump's America into Australian democracy; and >> >> (f) the bill will mean Australians who vote in the next election will spend even more of their weekend waiting in long lines stretching around the block to vote; and > > (2) discharges Government business notice number 6 relating to the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Voter Integrity) Bill 2021 from the Notice Paper.

~~Tony Smith~~
~~The question now is that the motion moved by the honourable Leader of the Opposition be disagreed to.~~
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The majority voted in favour of *disagreeing* with a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2021-10-28.17.17) introduced by Grayndler MP [Anthony Albanese](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/grayndler/anthony_albanese) (Labor), which means the motion failed. The motion was to suspend the usual procedural rules of parliament - known as [standing orders](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/parliament-at-work/standing-orders/) - in order to let another vote happen.
### Motion text
> *That so much of the standing orders be suspended as would prevent the Leader of the Opposition from moving the following motion immediately:*
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> *That the House:*
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> *(1) notes:*
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>> *(a) voter fraud is a "vanishingly small" issue in Australia according to the AEC;*
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>> *(b) there were no prosecutions for multiple voting at the last election;*
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>> *(c) on the eve of an election, the Morrison-Joyce Government is trying to ram through a bill to stop Australians voting;*
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>> *(d) this is a desperate attempt to undermine our strong democracy and deny Australians their basic democratic rights;*
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>> *(e) the Morrison-Joyce Government is trying to bring the politics and tactics of Trump's America into Australian democracy; and*
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>> *(f) the bill will mean Australians who vote in the next election will spend even more of their weekend waiting in long lines stretching around the block to vote; and*
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> *(2) discharges Government business notice number 6 relating to the Electoral Legislation Amendment (Voter Integrity) Bill 2021 from the Notice Paper.*