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senate vote 2018-11-27#3
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Bills — Defence Amendment (Call Out of the Australian Defence Force) Bill 2018; Third Reading- Defence Amendment (Call Out of the Australian Defence Force) Bill 2018 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
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senate vote 2018-11-27#3
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<p class="speaker">Linda Reynolds</p><p>I move:</p><p class="italic">That this bill be now read a third time.</p>- The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2018-11-27.45.1) to pass the bill in the Senate. 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). Since the bill was already passed in the House of Representatives, it will now become law.
- ### What does this bill do?
- According to the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1819a/19bd043), the main purpose of the bill is:
- > *to clarify and streamline the processes under which the Australian Defence Force (ADF) may be called out to protect Commonwealth interests and states and self-governing territories from domestic violence.*
- It was introduced following "*a Defence review of the ADF’s support to domestic counter-terrorism arrangements undertaken after the Lindt café siege in Sydney.*"
<p class="speaker">Nick McKim</p><p>I won't hold the chamber up for long. I just want to warn the Australian people that something sinister and dangerous is about to occur in this parliament. This parliament, because of the policy lockstep of the LNP and the ALP, is about to pass legislation that makes it much more likely that the Army will be deployed onto Australian streets, with authority to use lethal force against Australian citizens in circumstances that are completely inadequately defined in this legislation. We are sleepwalking in this country down a dangerous path towards authoritarianism, and this bill will add to the over 200 pieces of legislation that have passed through state, territory and Commonwealth parliaments in the last 20 years that remove or erode the country's fundamental rights, freedoms and liberties that we used to send Australian Defence Force personnel overseas to fight wars to protect and defend.</p><p>Armies are not primarily trained for policing situations. They are trained to fight wars. It is police forces that are trained primarily to maintain order and to keep the peace domestically in our country. This legislation further blurs the lines between police forces and the Australian Defence Force. It is extremely dangerous for our country that this legislation is about to pass. The Australian Greens oppose it in the strongest possible terms.</p> <p class="speaker">The Acting Deputy President</p><p>The question is that the bill be read a third time.</p>
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