Division Description Changes — Bills — Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee Bill 2023; Second Reading — 5th Dec 2023

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senate vote 2023-12-05#19 Edited by mackay staff on 2024-05-04 12:06:47	Title Bills — Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee Bill 2023; Second Reading Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Appointment Description ~~<p class="speaker">Sue Lines</p>~~ <p>The time allotted for consideration of the Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee Bill 2023 has expired. I will now put the question required to conclude consideration of the bill. I will first deal with the second reading amendment circulated by the Australian Greens. The question is that the amendment on sheet 2293 be agreed to.</p> <p class="italic"> <i>Australian Greens' circulated amendment—</i></p> <p class="italic">At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate calls on the Government to ensure that membership of the permanent Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee must include people with direct contemporary experience of poverty and sufficient representation of people most impacted by economic disadvantage including First Nations people, disabled people, women, and carers".</p> ~~<p></p>~~ The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2023-12-05.276.2) to the *usual second reading motion, which is "that the bill be** read a second time" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill). This means it failed.* ### Amendment text > At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate calls on the Government to ensure that membership of the permanent Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee must include people with direct contemporary experience of poverty and sufficient representation of people most impacted by economic disadvantage including First Nations people, disabled people, women, and carers".

~~Sue Lines~~
The time allotted for consideration of the Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee Bill 2023 has expired. I will now put the question required to conclude consideration of the bill. I will first deal with the second reading amendment circulated by the Australian Greens. The question is that the amendment on sheet 2293 be agreed to.
 Australian Greens' circulated amendment—
At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate calls on the Government to ensure that membership of the permanent Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee must include people with direct contemporary experience of poverty and sufficient representation of people most impacted by economic disadvantage including First Nations people, disabled people, women, and carers".
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The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2023-12-05.276.2) to the usual second reading motion, which is "*that the bill be read a second time*" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill). This means it failed.
### Amendment text
> *At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate calls on the Government to ensure that membership of the permanent Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee must include people with direct contemporary experience of poverty and sufficient representation of people most impacted by economic disadvantage including First Nations people, disabled people, women, and carers".*