Division Description Changes — Bills — Treasury Laws Amendment (Lower Taxes for Small and Medium Businesses) Bill 2018; Second Reading — 18th Oct 2018

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senate vote 2018-10-18#5 Edited by mackay staff on 2019-04-26 16:46:36	Title Bills — Treasury Laws Amendment (Lower Taxes for Small and Medium Businesses) Bill 2018; Second Reading Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill Description <p class="motion-notice motion-notice-notext">No motion text available</p> The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2018-10-18.83.1) to pass the [bill](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r5871). In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill [for a third time](https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html). ### What does the bill do? According to the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1819a/19bd026): > The Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Bill 2017 (the Bill) proposes to fill a gap in the current arrangements in administrative law relating to Commonwealth procurement, and to address obligations under relevant free trade agreements, by creating new rules for making and investigating complaints in relation to the contravention of relevant Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs).

Bills — Treasury Laws Amendment (Lower Taxes for Small and Medium Businesses) Bill 2018; Second Reading
Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Bill 2017 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

<p class="motion-notice motion-notice-notext">No motion text available</p>
The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2018-10-18.83.1) to pass the [bill](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r5871). In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill [for a third time](https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html).
### What does the bill do?
According to the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1819a/19bd026):
> *The Government Procurement (Judicial Review) Bill 2017 (the Bill) proposes to fill a gap in the current arrangements in administrative law relating to Commonwealth procurement, and to address obligations under relevant free trade agreements, by creating new rules for making and investigating complaints in relation to the contravention of relevant Commonwealth Procurement Rules (CPRs).*