Division
The majority voted against a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2019-09-09.101.1) to amend the usual [second reading motion](https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html), which is "*that the bill be read a second time*". Agreeing to read a bill for a second time is the same as agreeing with the main idea of the bill. ### Motion text > *That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:* > > *"whilst not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House:* > > *1. notes that:* > >> *a. this Coalition Government has spent five years trying to cut the pension and increase the pension age to 70;* >> >> *b. in every Budget, this Government has tried to cut the pension—including a plan to change indexation, which would have left pensioners $80 a week worse off;* >> >> *c. the Government did a deal with the Greens political party to change the pension assets test and cut the pension for 370,000 pensioners; and* >> >> *d. the Government spent years trying to cut the energy supplement to new pensioners; and* > > *2. criticises the Government for its cuts to social security, including the pension, and their ongoing demonisation of social security recipients".*
House of Representatives, 2019-09-09. negative: ayes 65, noes 77.
Question
The majority voted against a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2019-09-09.101.1) to amend the usual [second reading motion](https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html), which is "*that the bill be read a second time*". Agreeing to read a bill for a second time is the same as agreeing with the main idea of the bill. ### Motion text > *That all words after "That" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:* > > *"whilst not declining to give the bill a second reading, the House:* > > *1. notes that:* > >> *a. this Coalition Government has spent five years trying to cut the pension and increase the pension age to 70;* >> >> *b. in every Budget, this Government has tried to cut the pension—including a plan to change indexation, which would have left pensioners $80 a week worse off;* >> >> *c. the Government did a deal with the Greens political party to change the pension assets test and cut the pension for 370,000 pensioners; and* >> >> *d. the Government spent years trying to cut the energy supplement to new pensioners; and* > > *2. criticises the Government for its cuts to social security, including the pension, and their ongoing demonisation of social security recipients".*
How each member voted
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Related bills
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