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senate vote 2024-02-26#4
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Motions — Covid-19: Mortality- Motions - Covid-19: Mortality - Further inquiry needed
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<p class="speaker">Andrew McLachlan</p><p>I remind senators that on Thursday 8 February 2024 a division was called on the closure motion moved by Senator Roberts relating to Senator Babet's general business notice of motion No. 462, concerning excess deaths in Australia. I understand it suits the convenience of the Senate to hold that division now, so I put the question.</p>-
- The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2024-02-26.129.2) introduced by Victorian Senator [Ralph Babet](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/victoria/ralph_babet) (United Australia Party), which means it passed. While these types of motions do not make any legal changes on their own, they are politically influential because they represent the will of the Senate.
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- > *That the Senate acknowledges that:*
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- > *(a) the concerning number of excess deaths observed in Australia in 2021 and 2022 has continued into 2023 as evidenced by all-cause provisional mortality data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics; and*
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- > *(b) there is a need for further inquiry as to the reasons for these excess deaths.*
<p>Question agreed to.</p><p>The question now before the Senate is that the following motion moved by Senator Babet be agreed to:</p><p class="italic">That the Senate acknowledges that:</p><p class="italic">(a) the concerning number of excess deaths observed in Australia in 2021 and 2022 has continued into 2023 as evidenced by all-cause provisional mortality data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics; and</p><p class="italic">(b) there is a need for further inquiry as to the reasons for these excess deaths.</p><p></p> -
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