Division
The majority did not want to change the exceptions to the offence of entering and staying in a declared area. Labor Senator [Penny Wong](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/penny_wong) had proposed to delete the current exceptions and replace them with an [exception](http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?gid=2014-10-29.57.1) of "entering or remaining for a legitimate purpose". ###Enter or stay in declared area offence The bill will make it an offence for someone to enter or stay in an area that the [Minister for Foreign Affairs](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/curtin/julie_bishop) declares as a declared area. A whole country can be a declared area, which was [criticised](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-17/parliamentary-committee-recommends-passing-of-foreign-fighters-/5821514) by the [Joint Parliamentary Committee on Intelligence and Security](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_Joint_Committee_on_Intelligence_and_Security). The current exceptions to this offence (in [proposed subsection 119.2(3)](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=LEGISLATION;id=legislation%2Fbills%2Fs976_first-senate%2F0001;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fbills%2Fs976_first-senate%2F0001%22;rec=0)) include when a person is involved in: * [humanitarian aid](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitarian_aid) (but this has to be the sole act), * a court case, * work for an Australian government (state or federal), * work for a foreign government (so long as it's not violating Australian law), * work for the [United Nations](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations), * journalism, and * visiting a family member. Read more about this new offence in the [bills digest](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1415a/15bd034). ###Background to the bill A number of incidents happened before and after this bill's introduction. There was [one of the biggest counter-terrorism operations](http://www.abc.net.au/news/201
Senate, 2014-10-29. negative: ayes 29, noes 34.
Question
The majority did not want to change the exceptions to the offence of entering and staying in a declared area. Labor Senator [Penny Wong](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/penny_wong) had proposed to delete the current exceptions and replace them with an [exception](http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?gid=2014-10-29.57.1) of "entering or remaining for a legitimate purpose". ###Enter or stay in declared area offence The bill will make it an offence for someone to enter or stay in an area that the [Minister for Foreign Affairs](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/curtin/julie_bishop) declares as a declared area. A whole country can be a declared area, which was [criticised](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-10-17/parliamentary-committee-recommends-passing-of-foreign-fighters-/5821514) by the [Joint Parliamentary Committee on Intelligence and Security](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_Joint_Committee_on_Intelligence_and_Security). The current exceptions to this offence (in [proposed subsection 119.2(3)](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=LEGISLATION;id=legislation%2Fbills%2Fs976_first-senate%2F0001;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fbills%2Fs976_first-senate%2F0001%22;rec=0)) include when a person is involved in: * [humanitarian aid](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanitarian_aid) (but this has to be the sole act), * a court case, * work for an Australian government (state or federal), * work for a foreign government (so long as it's not violating Australian law), * work for the [United Nations](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations), * journalism, and * visiting a family member. Read more about this new offence in the [bills digest](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1415a/15bd034). ###Background to the bill A number of incidents happened before and after this bill's introduction. There was [one of the biggest counter-terrorism operations](http://www.abc.net.au/news/201
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