Division
The majority agreed with the main idea of the bill. In parliamentary jargon, they agreed to give the bill a [second reading](http://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html). This means that the House can now discuss the bill in more detail. ### Bill's main idea The main idea of the bill is to undo some of the measures that haven't yet begun but were introduced under the previous Labor Government's 2013-14 Budget. That is, it repeals all the parts of the [Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates Amendments) Act 2011](https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/C2011A00150) and the [Clean Energy (Tax Laws Amendments) Act 2011](https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/C2011A00159) that were meant to begin at a future date. The bill doesn't repeal any parts of those two Acts that are already in operation. ### What exactly does the bill do? According to the [bills digest](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1415a/15bd026), the bill will: * "*repeal an increase in the nominal tax-free threshold from $18,200 in 2014–15 to $19,400 in 2015–16* * *maintain the second personal marginal tax rate at 32.5 per cent rather than increase it to 33 per cent from 2015–16* * *maintain the maximum value of the low income tax offset (**LITO**) at $445 rather than change the maximum value of the LITO to $300 from 2015–16 and* * *maintain the threshold below which a person may receive LITO at a taxable income of $66,667 and the withdrawal rate at 1.5 per cent, rather than the income threshold increasing to $67,000 and the withdrawal rate falling to 1 per cent from 2015–16.*"
House of Representatives, 2015-12-01. affirmative: ayes 77, noes 51.
Question
The majority agreed with the main idea of the bill. In parliamentary jargon, they agreed to give the bill a [second reading](http://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html). This means that the House can now discuss the bill in more detail. ### Bill's main idea The main idea of the bill is to undo some of the measures that haven't yet begun but were introduced under the previous Labor Government's 2013-14 Budget. That is, it repeals all the parts of the [Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates Amendments) Act 2011](https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/C2011A00150) and the [Clean Energy (Tax Laws Amendments) Act 2011](https://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/C2011A00159) that were meant to begin at a future date. The bill doesn't repeal any parts of those two Acts that are already in operation. ### What exactly does the bill do? According to the [bills digest](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1415a/15bd026), the bill will: * "*repeal an increase in the nominal tax-free threshold from $18,200 in 2014–15 to $19,400 in 2015–16* * *maintain the second personal marginal tax rate at 32.5 per cent rather than increase it to 33 per cent from 2015–16* * *maintain the maximum value of the low income tax offset (**LITO**) at $445 rather than change the maximum value of the LITO to $300 from 2015–16 and* * *maintain the threshold below which a person may receive LITO at a taxable income of $66,667 and the withdrawal rate at 1.5 per cent, rather than the income threshold increasing to $67,000 and the withdrawal rate falling to 1 per cent from 2015–16.*"
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