Division
The majority voted in favour of *disagreeing* with an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2021-11-29.35.2) to the usual [second reading](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/) motion "*That this bill be now read a second time,*" which is parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill. This means that 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) this bill seeks to preserve the operation of a range of regulatory obligations imposed on Telstra following its privatisation;* >> >> *(b) it was the Liberal-National government that privatised Telstra;* >> >> *(c) the privatisation of Telstra, in the view of many communities, had an adverse impact on regional telecommunications services; and* >> >> *(d) that Labor's decision to structurally separate Telstra, and establish a wholesale-only National Broadband Network, was a response to these failures of privatisation policy; and* > > *(2) calls on all members of the House to acknowledge the Liberal-National privatisation of Telstra, as a vertically integrated monopoly, was not in the national interest"*
House of Representatives, 2021-11-29. affirmative: ayes 68, noes 60.
Question
The majority voted in favour of *disagreeing* with an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2021-11-29.35.2) to the usual [second reading](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/) motion "*That this bill be now read a second time,*" which is parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill. This means that 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) this bill seeks to preserve the operation of a range of regulatory obligations imposed on Telstra following its privatisation;* >> >> *(b) it was the Liberal-National government that privatised Telstra;* >> >> *(c) the privatisation of Telstra, in the view of many communities, had an adverse impact on regional telecommunications services; and* >> >> *(d) that Labor's decision to structurally separate Telstra, and establish a wholesale-only National Broadband Network, was a response to these failures of privatisation policy; and* > > *(2) calls on all members of the House to acknowledge the Liberal-National privatisation of Telstra, as a vertically integrated monopoly, was not in the national interest"*
How each member voted
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Related bills
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