Division
This division relates to the Policy _[For limiting availability of welfare payments](/policies/34)_. The majority voted in favour of a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2014-06-23.24.1) to read the bill for a third time.(Read more about the stages that a bill must pass through to become law [here](http://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html). ) This means that the majority agree with the bill and want it to pass through the Senate. The bill will now be returned to the House of Representatives for them to consider the [amendment](http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?gid=2014-06-23.21.2) agreed to in the Senate during the in committee stage.(See the transcript for the in committee stage [here](http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2014-06-23.21.1). ) The amendment removed all references to the [Child Care Benefit](http://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/services/centrelink/child-care-benefit) in the bill. Labor Senator [Kim Carr](http://publicwhip-rails.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/mp.php?mpn=Kim_Carr&mpc=Senate&house=senate), who introduced the amendment, explained that it "effectively will split the bill" and "will allow the Senate ... to consider the change to the childcare rebate as a separate issue".(See Mr Carr's full explanation [here](http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?gid=2014-06-23.11.2). Read Liberal Senator [Marise Payne](http://publicwhip-rails.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/mp.php?mpn=Marise_Payne&mpc=Senate&house=senate)'s explanation for why the Government agreed to this amendment [here](http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?gid=2014-06-23.17.1). ) _Background to the bill_ The [bill](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r5271) was introduced primarily to amend the [A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999](http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/antsaa1999357/) in order to: - maintain the indexation pause on the [Child Care Rebate](http://www.
Senate, 2014-06-23. affirmative: ayes 39, noes 11.
Question
This division relates to the Policy _[For limiting availability of welfare payments](/policies/34)_. The majority voted in favour of a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2014-06-23.24.1) to read the bill for a third time.(Read more about the stages that a bill must pass through to become law [here](http://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html). ) This means that the majority agree with the bill and want it to pass through the Senate. The bill will now be returned to the House of Representatives for them to consider the [amendment](http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?gid=2014-06-23.21.2) agreed to in the Senate during the in committee stage.(See the transcript for the in committee stage [here](http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2014-06-23.21.1). ) The amendment removed all references to the [Child Care Benefit](http://www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/services/centrelink/child-care-benefit) in the bill. Labor Senator [Kim Carr](http://publicwhip-rails.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/mp.php?mpn=Kim_Carr&mpc=Senate&house=senate), who introduced the amendment, explained that it "effectively will split the bill" and "will allow the Senate ... to consider the change to the childcare rebate as a separate issue".(See Mr Carr's full explanation [here](http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?gid=2014-06-23.11.2). Read Liberal Senator [Marise Payne](http://publicwhip-rails.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/mp.php?mpn=Marise_Payne&mpc=Senate&house=senate)'s explanation for why the Government agreed to this amendment [here](http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?gid=2014-06-23.17.1). ) _Background to the bill_ The [bill](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r5271) was introduced primarily to amend the [A New Tax System (Family Assistance) Act 1999](http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/antsaa1999357/) in order to: - maintain the indexation pause on the [Child Care Rebate](http://www.
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