Division
The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2023-03-07.98.2) to agree with the main idea of the bill, which is known as giving it a [second reading](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/). This means that they can now discuss the bill in more detail. ### What is the bill's main idea? According to the [explanatory memorandum](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2223a/23bd045), the bill would: * *suspend the provisions in the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 (the Referendum Act) that require the production and distribution of a Yes and No case against a proposed constitutional change and impose restrictions on the Government otherwise spending money on a referendum campaign;* * *regulate donations and expenditure for referendum campaigns and impose reporting obligations. It would also ban foreign donations of $100 or more from being used for referendum campaigns and ban foreign campaigners authorising referendum material; and* * *update the Referendum Act to generally bring it into line with updates to the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 that have been legislated in recent years.*
House of Representatives, 2023-03-07. affirmative: ayes 87, noes 53.
Question
The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2023-03-07.98.2) to agree with the main idea of the bill, which is known as giving it a [second reading](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/). This means that they can now discuss the bill in more detail. ### What is the bill's main idea? According to the [explanatory memorandum](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2223a/23bd045), the bill would: * *suspend the provisions in the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Act 1984 (the Referendum Act) that require the production and distribution of a Yes and No case against a proposed constitutional change and impose restrictions on the Government otherwise spending money on a referendum campaign;* * *regulate donations and expenditure for referendum campaigns and impose reporting obligations. It would also ban foreign donations of $100 or more from being used for referendum campaigns and ban foreign campaigners authorising referendum material; and* * *update the Referendum Act to generally bring it into line with updates to the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 that have been legislated in recent years.*
How each member voted
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Related bills
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