Division
The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2020-06-17.7.14) to keep the original motion unchanged. In parliamentary jargon, they voted "*that the words proposed to be omitted stand part of the question.*" The original motion is "*That this bill be now read a [second time](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/).*" To read a bill for a second time is the same as agreeing with the main idea of the bill. Cooper MP [Ged Kearney](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/cooper/ged_kearney) (Labor) to change the original motion in the following way: > *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 notes that:* > > *(1) the Government has damaged Australia's world-class vocational training system by:* > >> *(a) cutting funding for vocational education and TAFE by over $3 billion;* >> >> *(b) presiding over simultaneous crises of skills shortages and youth unemployment; and* >> >> *(c) failing to tackle falling completion rates, with more people dropping out of vocational training courses than finishing them; and* > > *(2) this bill fails to deliver the reform needed to fix problems in the vocational training sector".*
House of Representatives, 2020-06-17. affirmative: ayes 60, noes 46.
Question
The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2020-06-17.7.14) to keep the original motion unchanged. In parliamentary jargon, they voted "*that the words proposed to be omitted stand part of the question.*" The original motion is "*That this bill be now read a [second time](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/).*" To read a bill for a second time is the same as agreeing with the main idea of the bill. Cooper MP [Ged Kearney](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/cooper/ged_kearney) (Labor) to change the original motion in the following way: > *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 notes that:* > > *(1) the Government has damaged Australia's world-class vocational training system by:* > >> *(a) cutting funding for vocational education and TAFE by over $3 billion;* >> >> *(b) presiding over simultaneous crises of skills shortages and youth unemployment; and* >> >> *(c) failing to tackle falling completion rates, with more people dropping out of vocational training courses than finishing them; and* > > *(2) this bill fails to deliver the reform needed to fix problems in the vocational training sector".*
How each member voted
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Related bills
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