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The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2021-05-25.118.1) to keep the usual second reading motion unchanged. The usual second reading motion is "*that the bill be [read a second time](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/)*," which is parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill. Moreton MP [Graham Perrett](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/moreton/graham_perrett) (Labor) proposed to change it with the amendment below. ### Amendment 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 notes that the bill does nothing to address the crisis Australia's world-class universities are facing after the Government abandoned universities during the pandemic, resulting in:* > > *(1) thousands of jobs lost;* > > *(2) hundreds of courses cut; and* > > *(3) Australian students being loaded up with a lifetime of debt".*

House of Representatives, 2021-05-25. affirmative: ayes 80, noes 67.

Question

The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2021-05-25.118.1) to keep the usual second reading motion unchanged. The usual second reading motion is "*that the bill be [read a second time](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/)*," which is parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill. Moreton MP [Graham Perrett](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/moreton/graham_perrett) (Labor) proposed to change it with the amendment below. ### Amendment 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 notes that the bill does nothing to address the crisis Australia's world-class universities are facing after the Government abandoned universities during the pandemic, resulting in:* > > *(1) thousands of jobs lost;* > > *(2) hundreds of courses cut; and* > > *(3) Australian students being loaded up with a lifetime of debt".*

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