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30th Oct 2014
Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Bill 2014 — Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea
Passed by a modest majority
No rebellions 76% attendance
29th Oct 2014, 11:00 AM – Senate Counter-Terrorism Legislation Amendment (Foreign Fighters) Bill 2014 - in Committee - Limit who the advocating terrorism offence applies to
Summary
EditThe majority don't want to limit who the bill's new advocating terrorism offence applies to.
Labor Senator Jacinta Collins had proposed that the offence shouldn't apply to a person "who engages in good faith in public discussion of any genuine academic, artistic, scientific, political or religious matter".
Advocating terrorism offence
More than 40 legal, human right and community groups oppose the bill's new advocating terrorism offence (see ABC News). The offence is broad. It only requires a person to be reckless about whether another person will engage in a terrorist act, rather than having to intend them to.
Read more about the offence in the bills digest.
Background to the bill
A number of incidents happened before and after this bill's introduction. There was one of the biggest counter-terrorism operations in Australian history. The Prime Minister Tony Abbott also confirmed that Australia would be sending the military to Iraq to fight the Islamic State (IS) (also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)).
Two particularly significant incidents were when:
- Australian teenager Abdullah Elmir threatened Prime Minister Tony Abbott in an IS video;
- Canadian gunman Michael Zehaf-Bibeau attacked the Canadian Parliament.
Votes Not passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Greens (100% turnout) | 10 Yes – 0 No | |
| Richard Di Natale Victoria | Yes | |
| Sarah Hanson-Young SA | Yes | |
| Scott Ludlam WA | Yes | |
| Christine Milne Tasmania | Yes | |
| Lee Rhiannon NSW | Yes | |
| Janet Rice Victoria | Yes | |
| Rachel Siewert WA | Yes | |
| Larissa Waters Queensland | Yes | |
| Peter Whish-Wilson Tasmania | Yes | |
| Penny Wright SA | Yes | |
| Australian Labor Party (79% turnout) | 19 Yes – 0 No | |
| Catryna Bilyk Tasmania | Yes | |
| Carol Brown Tasmania | Yes | |
| Joe Bullock WA | Yes | |
| Doug Cameron NSW | Yes | |
| Jacinta Collins Victoria | Yes | |
| Stephen Conroy Victoria | Yes | |
| Sam Dastyari NSW | Yes | |
| John Faulkner NSW | Yes | |
| Alex Gallacher SA | Yes | |
| Chris Ketter Queensland | Yes | |
| Sue Lines WA | Yes | |
| Kate Lundy ACT | Yes | |
| Jan McLucas Queensland | Yes | |
| Claire Moore Queensland | Yes | |
| Deborah O'Neill NSW | Yes | |
| Helen Polley Tasmania | Yes | |
| Lisa Singh Tasmania | Yes | |
| Glenn Sterle WA | Yes | |
| Anne Urquhart Tasmania | Yes | |
| Kim Carr Victoria | Absent | |
| Joe Ludwig Queensland | Absent | |
| Anne McEwen SA | Absent | |
| Nova Peris NT | Absent | |
| Penny Wong SA | Absent | |
| Ricky Muir Victoria Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party | No | |
| Nigel Scullion NT Country Liberal Party | No | |
| John Madigan Victoria Democratic Labor Party | No | |
| Gavin Marshall Victoria Deputy President | Yes | |
| Bob Day SA Family First Party | No | |
| Nick Xenophon SA Independent | No | |
| John Madigan Victoria Independent | Absent | |
| David Leyonhjelm NSW Liberal Democratic Party | Yes | |
| Liberal National Party (100% turnout) | 0 Yes – 2 No | |
| Matthew Canavan Queensland | No | |
| James McGrath Queensland | No | |
| Liberal Party (80% turnout) | 0 Yes – 20 No | |
| Christopher Back WA | No | |
| Cory Bernardi SA | No | |
| Simon Birmingham SA | No | |
| George Brandis Queensland | No | |
| David Bushby Tasmania | No | |
| Michaelia Cash WA | No | |
| Mathias Cormann WA | No | |
| Sean Edwards SA | No | |
| David Fawcett SA | No | |
| Concetta Fierravanti-Wells NSW | No | |
| Mitch Fifield Victoria | No | |
| Bill Heffernan NSW | No | |
| Ian Macdonald Queensland | No | |
| Brett Mason Queensland | No | |
| Marise Payne NSW | No | |
| Michael Ronaldson Victoria | No | |
| Anne Ruston SA | No | |
| Scott Ryan Victoria | No | |
| Arthur Sinodinos NSW | No | |
| Dean Smith WA | No | |
| Eric Abetz Tasmania | Absent | |
| Richard Colbeck Tasmania | Absent | |
| David Johnston WA | Absent | |
| Linda Reynolds WA | Absent | |
| Zed Seselja ACT | Absent | |
| National Party (100% turnout) | 0 Yes – 4 No | |
| Bridget McKenzie Victoria | No | |
| Fiona Nash NSW | No | |
| Barry O'Sullivan Queensland | No | |
| John Williams NSW | No | |
| Nick Xenophon SA Nick Xenophon Team | Absent | |
| Palmer United Party (67% turnout) | 0 Yes – 2 No | |
| Jacqui Lambie Tasmania | No | |
| Glenn Lazarus Queensland | No | |
| Dio Wang WA | Absent | |
| Stephen Parry Tasmania President | No | |
| Totals (86% turnout) | 31 Yes – 34 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.