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The majority voted in favour of a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2016-09-15.353.1) to leave schedule 24 and table item 26 in clause 2 as they are. In parliamentary language, the majority voted for those parts to "stand as printed". The motion was put after Senator Jacqui Lambie moved a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2016-09-15.291.1) to oppose them. The parts related to military rehabilitation and compensation. When proposing to oppose them, Senator Lambie explained: > *What the government is proposing under the single appeal pathways, even though it has been amended by Labor, still means that this bill denies veterans a right to legal representation when forced to go against a government body stacked with government lawyers. Important decisions about veterans' entitlements are being made in situations where a veteran and advocate walk into a room packed with government employees holding law degrees.* ### What does this bill do? Learn more about this [bill](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r5707) in the [bills digest](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1617a/17bd007).

Senate, 2016-09-15. affirmative: ayes 40, noes 15.

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The majority voted in favour of a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2016-09-15.353.1) to leave schedule 24 and table item 26 in clause 2 as they are. In parliamentary language, the majority voted for those parts to "stand as printed". The motion was put after Senator Jacqui Lambie moved a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2016-09-15.291.1) to oppose them. The parts related to military rehabilitation and compensation. When proposing to oppose them, Senator Lambie explained: > *What the government is proposing under the single appeal pathways, even though it has been amended by Labor, still means that this bill denies veterans a right to legal representation when forced to go against a government body stacked with government lawyers. Important decisions about veterans' entitlements are being made in situations where a veteran and advocate walk into a room packed with government employees holding law degrees.* ### What does this bill do? Learn more about this [bill](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r5707) in the [bills digest](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1617a/17bd007).

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