Division
A large majority voted against [amendments](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2017-09-13.224.1) to the bills introduced by SA Senator [Cory Bernardi](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/cory_bernardi) (Australian Conservatives). Along with Bernardi, only Tasmanian Senator [Jacqui Lambie](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/jacqui_lambie) supported them. ### What were the amendments? See [the debate](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2017-09-13.224.1) for a copy of the amendments as well as an explanation as to what they would change. Senator Bernardi, who introduced them, [told the Senate](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2017-09-13.230.1): > *I don't even agree with all of these amendments, quite frankly, but I have read the [standing orders](https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/standing-orders.html) and I'm compelled to vote for them. I want to put that on the record. But please do not refer to these as the 'Bernardi amendments'. This is the Burston-McKenzie amendment package. I am just the conduit, the vessel, through which they have been introduced into the Senate in the most effective and efficient manner that there can possibly be.* ### What do the bills do? The two bills are the: * [Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Bill 2017](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r5907); and the * [Commercial Broadcasting (Tax) Bill 2017](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r5908). Most significantly, the bills were introduced to get rid of certain media ownership, control and diversity laws, like the ‘75% audience reach rule’, which stops commercial television broadcasting licensees from controlling licences if the combined licence area has a population over 75% of Australia' population. It would also get rid of the ‘2 out of 3 cross-media control rule’, which stops a company fr
Senate, 2017-09-13. negative: ayes 2, noes 55.
Question
A large majority voted against [amendments](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2017-09-13.224.1) to the bills introduced by SA Senator [Cory Bernardi](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/cory_bernardi) (Australian Conservatives). Along with Bernardi, only Tasmanian Senator [Jacqui Lambie](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/jacqui_lambie) supported them. ### What were the amendments? See [the debate](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2017-09-13.224.1) for a copy of the amendments as well as an explanation as to what they would change. Senator Bernardi, who introduced them, [told the Senate](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2017-09-13.230.1): > *I don't even agree with all of these amendments, quite frankly, but I have read the [standing orders](https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/standing-orders.html) and I'm compelled to vote for them. I want to put that on the record. But please do not refer to these as the 'Bernardi amendments'. This is the Burston-McKenzie amendment package. I am just the conduit, the vessel, through which they have been introduced into the Senate in the most effective and efficient manner that there can possibly be.* ### What do the bills do? The two bills are the: * [Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Bill 2017](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r5907); and the * [Commercial Broadcasting (Tax) Bill 2017](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r5908). Most significantly, the bills were introduced to get rid of certain media ownership, control and diversity laws, like the ‘75% audience reach rule’, which stops commercial television broadcasting licensees from controlling licences if the combined licence area has a population over 75% of Australia' population. It would also get rid of the ‘2 out of 3 cross-media control rule’, which stops a company fr
How each member voted
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Related bills
- Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Broadcasting Reform) Bill 2017
- Commercial Broadcasting (Tax) Bill 2017
Only formal divisions leave a per-member record. A procedural vote is not necessarily a vote for or against a bill.