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senate vote 2022-10-26#1
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Bills — Supply Bill (No. 3) 2022-2023, Supply Bill (No. 4) 2022-2023, Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2022-2023; Second Reading- Supply Bill (No. 3) 2022-2023, Supply Bill (No. 4) 2022-2023 and another - Second Reading - Repeal stage 3 tax cuts
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<p class="speaker">Jenny McAllister</p><p>I move:</p>-
- The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2022-10-26.12.17) to the usual second reading motion, which is "*that the bills be [read a second time](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/)*" - parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill. It had been introduced by Tasmanian Senator [Nick McKim](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/nick_mckim) (Greens).
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- > *At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate:*
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- > *(a) notes that Labor's first budget gives a $9,000 per year tax cut to billionaires and locks in the $254 billion stage 3 tax cuts for the wealthy; and*
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- > *(b) calls on the Labor Government to repeal the stage 3 tax cuts and provide cost of living relief that will make people's lives better, including by putting dental and mental healthcare into Medicare, building more affordable housing, and making childcare free".*
<p class="italic">That these bills be now read a second time.</p><p>I seek leave to have the second reading speeches incorporated in <i>Hansard</i>.</p><p>Leave granted.</p><p> <i>The speech</i> <i>es</i> <i> read as follows—</i></p><p>SUPPLY BILL (NO. 3) 2022-2023</p><p class="italic">The Supply Bill (No. 3) 2022-2023, together with Supply Bill (No. 4) 2022-2023 and Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2022-2023, seeks appropriations to facilitate the continuation of ongoing government business.</p><p class="italic">The Supply Bill (No. 3) 2022-2023 provides annual appropriations for proposed expenditure on the ordinary annual services of government for broadly the last seven months of 2022-23. Annual appropriations for expenditure on the ordinary annual services of government for broadly the first five months of 2022-23 were provided by the <i>Supply Act (No. 1) 2022-2023</i>.</p><p class="italic">The Supply Bill (No. 3) 2022-2023 seeks approval for appropriations from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of just under $49 billion.</p><p class="italic">The Bill must be passed in this sitting week to provide certainty of supply for the ongoing business of government for the remainder of 2022-23, thereby ensuring the continuity of program and service delivery.</p><p class="italic">The appropriations proposed in this Bill provide an estimated seven-twelfths of the 2022-23 annual appropriations, which are broadly based on the March 2022 Budget estimates and adjusted for a small number of programs and entities that received more than five-twelfths of their annual appropriations in the 2022-23 Supply Acts. This was to provide flexibility for selected entities to manage uneven expenditure early in the financial year.</p><p class="italic">The Bill reflects the structure of government in line with the Administrative Arrangements Order which commenced on 1 July 2022.</p><p class="italic">I wish to emphasise that this Bill seeks only to provide funding for the ongoing business of government for the remainder of the 2022-23 financial year. Therefore, no new decisions taken in the October 2022 Budget are included in this Bill. This arrangement enables conventional parliamentary processes, including Senate Estimates hearings, to be followed prior to the enactment of the Budget Appropriation Bills by the Parliament.</p><p class="italic">The Bill does not contain a provision for an Advance to the Finance Minister (AFM). The AFM provisions in the <i>Supply Act (No. 1) 2022-2023</i>, being $2 billion for COVID-19-related expenditure and $400 million for other urgent and unforeseen expenditure, will continue pending the passage of Budget Appropriation Bill No. 1.</p><p class="italic">Details of the proposed expenditure are set out in the Schedule to the Bill, the Explanatory Memorandum, and the updated 2022-23 Portfolio Budget Statements tabled in relation to the October 2022 Budget.</p><p class="italic">I commend this Bill to the chamber.</p><p>SUPPLY BILL (NO. 4) 2022-2023</p><p class="italic">The Supply Bill (No. 4) 2022-2023, along with Supply Bill (No. 3) 2022-2023 andSupply (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2022-2023, seeks appropriations to facilitate the continuation of ongoing government business.</p><p class="italic">The Supply Bill (No. 4) 2022-2023 provides for annual appropriations that are not for the ordinary annual services of government, such as for capital works and services, payments to states, territories and local governments, and for equity injections for broadly the last seven months of 2022-23. Annual appropriations that are not for the ordinary annual services of government for broadly the first five months of 2022-23 were provided by the <i>Supply Act (No</i><i>. 2) 2022-2023</i>.</p><p class="italic">This Bill seeks approval for appropriations from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of just under $10 billion.</p><p class="italic">The Bill must be passed in this sitting week to provide certainty of supply for the ongoing business of government for the remainder of 2022-23, thereby ensuring the continuity of program and service delivery.</p><p class="italic">The appropriations proposed in this Bill provide an estimated seven-twelfths of the 2022-23 annual appropriations, which are broadly based on the March 2022 Budget estimates and adjusted for a small number of programs and entities that received more than five-twelfths of their annual appropriations in the 2022-23 Supply Acts. This was to provide flexibility for selected entities to manage uneven expenditure early in the financial year.</p><p class="italic">The Bill reflects the structure of government in line with the new Administrative Arrangements Order which commenced on 1 July 2022.</p><p class="italic">As with the Supply Bill (No. 3) 2022-2023, this Bill seeks only to provide funding for the ongoing business of government for the remainder of the 2022-23 financial year. Therefore, no new decisions taken in the October 2022 Budget are included in this Bill. This arrangement enables conventional parliamentary processes, including Senate Estimates hearings, to be followed prior to the enactment of the October 2022 Budget Appropriation Bills by the Parliament.</p><p class="italic">The <i>Supply Act (No. 2) 2022-2023 </i>established debit limits for general purpose financial assistance and national partnership payments under the <i>Federal Financial Relations Act 2009</i> for the full 2022-23 financial year. Therefore, no further debit limits have been included in this Bill.</p><p class="italic">The Bill does not contain a provision for an Advance to the Finance Minister (AFM). The AFM provisions in the <i>Supply Act (No. 2) 2022-2023</i>, being $3 billion for COVID-19-related expenditure and $600 million for other urgent and unforeseen expenditure, will continue pending the passage of Budget Appropriation Bill No. 2.</p><p class="italic">Details of the proposed expenditure are set out in the Schedules to the Bill, the Explanatory Memorandum, and the updated 2022-23 Portfolio Budget Statements tabled in relation to the October 2022 Budget.</p><p class="italic">I commend this Bill to the chamber.</p><p>SUPPLY (PARLIAMENTARY DEPARTMENTS) BILL (NO. 2) 2022-2023</p><p class="italic">The Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2022-2023 provides appropriations for broadly the last seven months of 2022-23 for the operations of:</p><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><ul></ul><p class="italic">This Bill seeks approval for appropriations from the Consolidated Revenue Fund of approximately $155 million.</p><p class="italic">The appropriations proposed in this Bill provide an estimated seven-twelfths of the 2022-23 annual appropriations, which are broadly based on the March 2022 Budget estimates.</p><p class="italic">The Bill must be passed in this sitting week to provide certainty of supply for the Parliamentary Departments for the remainder of 2022-23, thereby ensuring the continuity of the Parliament's operations.</p><p class="italic">As with the other additional 2022-23 Supply Bills, I wish to emphasise that this Bill seeks only to provide funding for the ongoing business of government for the remainder of the 2022-23 financial year. Therefore, no new decisions taken in the October 2022 Budget are included in this Bill. This arrangement enables conventional parliamentary processes, including Senate Estimates hearings, to be followed prior to the enactment of the October 2022 Budget Appropriation Bills by the Parliament.</p><p class="italic">Details of the proposed expenditure are set out in the Schedule to the Bill, the Explanatory Memorandum, and the updated 2022-23 Portfolio Budget Statements tabled in relation to the October 2022 Budget.</p><p class="italic">I commend this Bill to the chamber.</p> <p class="speaker">Dean Smith</p><p>I rise to speak briefly on Supply Bill (No. 3) 2022-2023, Supply Bill (No. 4) 2022-2023 and Supply (Parliamentary Departments) Bill (No. 2) 2022-2023. The opposition will support the passage of these bills. It is appropriate that the important functions of government continue and departments are resourced to effectively carry out their duties when the examination of the appropriation bills continues through the parliamentary process, and the expeditious passage of these bills means that there will be no delay. There is of course a lot that this budget does deserve examination over, and the coalition looks forward to the estimates process that will begin later this week.</p><p>Unfortunately, for many Australian families this budget confirms that the cost of living is going up, electricity and gas bills are going up, taxes are also going up, government spending is going up and employment is going down, and real wages are forecast to go down also. Labor's budget last night confirmed that under this government growth will be lower. Last night we heard a long speech from the Treasurer—a lot of rhetoric, but minus a clear plan to bring down the cost of living for Australian families. It's clear that just six months since the election the government has ditched the guardrails on good policy. There is no handbrake on spending. Under this government, spending is up. There is no speed limit on tax and no cap on the Australian Public Service, with an additional 8,000 bureaucrats since they came to government. Maybe—just maybe—when the appropriation bills are progressed to the House and considered by the other place then a plan from the government may become clearer. Unfortunately, the opposition is not optimistic.</p><p>In keeping with convention, on the basis of discussions between the government and the opposition, the coalition will support the passage of these supply bills this morning. I also note that two amendments have been circulated in the chamber by the Australian Greens, and the coalition will be opposing both.</p> <p class='motion-notice motion-notice-truncated'>Long debate text truncated.</p>-
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