Division
The majority voted against an [amendment](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2016-09-15.62.13) introduced by Senator [Peter Whish-Wilson](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/peter_whish-wilson), which means it was unsuccessful. It would have amended the motion "That this [bill](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r5707) be now read a [second time](http://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html)" (if you read a bill for a second time then you're agreeing with its main idea). The amendment was: > *Leave out all words after "That", insert:* > *this bill be withdrawn and redrafted to provide for budget savings to be made in the areas of fuel tax credits, mandatory data retention, compulsory income management, and abolishing the Wind Farm Commissioner and reinvesting private health insurance rebates into the public health system; rather than those proposed which have a disproportionate impact on lower to middle income households, students, researchers, innovative companies and building clean energy infrastructure.*
Senate, 2016-09-15. negative: ayes 10, noes 47.
Question
The majority voted against an [amendment](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2016-09-15.62.13) introduced by Senator [Peter Whish-Wilson](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/peter_whish-wilson), which means it was unsuccessful. It would have amended the motion "That this [bill](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r5707) be now read a [second time](http://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html)" (if you read a bill for a second time then you're agreeing with its main idea). The amendment was: > *Leave out all words after "That", insert:* > *this bill be withdrawn and redrafted to provide for budget savings to be made in the areas of fuel tax credits, mandatory data retention, compulsory income management, and abolishing the Wind Farm Commissioner and reinvesting private health insurance rebates into the public health system; rather than those proposed which have a disproportionate impact on lower to middle income households, students, researchers, innovative companies and building clean energy infrastructure.*
How each member voted
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Related bills
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