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senate vote 2021-08-09#2

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Title

  • Bills — Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Waiver of Debt and Act of Grace Payments) Bill 2019; Third Reading
  • Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Waiver of Debt and Act of Grace Payments) Bill 2019 - Third Reading - Pass the bill

Description

  • <p class="speaker">Claire Chandler</p>
  • <p>No amendments have been circulated. Does any senator require a committee stage? If not, I call a senator to read that the bill be read a third time.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Louise Pratt</p>
  • The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2021-08-09.15.1) to pass the bill in the Senate. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read it for a third time. The bill will now be sent to the House of Representatives for their consideration.
  • ### What does the bill do?
  • According to the [bill's homepage](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/s1242), the bill was introduced:
  • > *to require the Department of Finance to state in its annual report the number of waivers of debt granted and act of grace payments made, and the total dollar amount of debt waived and act of grace payments made.*
  • It is a private bill (that is, not one that was introduced by the Government) introduced into parliament by ACT Senator [Katy Gallagher](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/act/katy_gallagher) (Labor).
  • <p>I move:</p>
  • <p class="italic">That this bill be now read a third time.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Claire Chandler</p>
  • <p>The question is that the bill be read a third time.</p>