Division
The majority voted in favour of *disagreeing* with an amendment, which would have added the text below to the usual [second reading motion](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/). A second reading motion is "*that the bill be read a second time,*" and is parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of [the bill](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r6768). Because this vote passed, the amendment failed. ### 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:* > > *(1) notes:* > >> *(a) the proposed pilot remote engagement program is intended to replace the current remote employment program, the Community Development Program (CDP);* >> >> *(b) the Government are the architects of the current failed CDP and the bill again delays long-overdue changes to this program;* >> >> *(c) concerns this bill could entrench a welfare model, rather than job creation, economic development and self-determination; and* >> >> *(d) this bill does not address fundamental issues in remote Australia such as housing and essential services; and* > > *(2) calls on the Government to adopt Labor's policy of a remote employment program with real jobs, proper wages with full conditions, and meaningful community control".*
House of Representatives, 2021-10-26. affirmative: ayes 58, noes 49.
Question
The majority voted in favour of *disagreeing* with an amendment, which would have added the text below to the usual [second reading motion](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/). A second reading motion is "*that the bill be read a second time,*" and is parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of [the bill](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r6768). Because this vote passed, the amendment failed. ### 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:* > > *(1) notes:* > >> *(a) the proposed pilot remote engagement program is intended to replace the current remote employment program, the Community Development Program (CDP);* >> >> *(b) the Government are the architects of the current failed CDP and the bill again delays long-overdue changes to this program;* >> >> *(c) concerns this bill could entrench a welfare model, rather than job creation, economic development and self-determination; and* >> >> *(d) this bill does not address fundamental issues in remote Australia such as housing and essential services; and* > > *(2) calls on the Government to adopt Labor's policy of a remote employment program with real jobs, proper wages with full conditions, and meaningful community control".*
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