Division
The majority voted in favour of *disagreeing* with an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2022-12-15.18.1), which means it failed. It would have added the words below to the usual second reading motion, which 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/)*" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill). It was introduced by Melbourne MP [Adam Bandt](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/melbourne/adam_bandt) (Greens). ### Amendment text > *That all words after "the House" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:* > > *"agrees to give the bill a second reading and:* > > *(1) notes that this legislation gives the government the power to stop power bills rising at all and to freeze electricity bills at pre-crisis levels;* > > *(2) calls on the government to immediately use those powers and address the urgent cost of living crisis by freezing electricity bills;* > > *(3) does not consider it acceptable that electricity bills are set to rise by over 20% while coal and gas corporations keep getting subsidies and don't pay their fair share of tax; and* > > *(4) considers that any price rise from here on in is squarely the government’s responsibility".*
House of Representatives, 2022-12-15. affirmative: ayes 77, noes 5.
Question
The majority voted in favour of *disagreeing* with an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2022-12-15.18.1), which means it failed. It would have added the words below to the usual second reading motion, which 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/)*" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill). It was introduced by Melbourne MP [Adam Bandt](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/melbourne/adam_bandt) (Greens). ### Amendment text > *That all words after "the House" be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:* > > *"agrees to give the bill a second reading and:* > > *(1) notes that this legislation gives the government the power to stop power bills rising at all and to freeze electricity bills at pre-crisis levels;* > > *(2) calls on the government to immediately use those powers and address the urgent cost of living crisis by freezing electricity bills;* > > *(3) does not consider it acceptable that electricity bills are set to rise by over 20% while coal and gas corporations keep getting subsidies and don't pay their fair share of tax; and* > > *(4) considers that any price rise from here on in is squarely the government’s responsibility".*
How each member voted
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Related bills
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