Motions — Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission - Structural separation
Senate, 2019-02-14. affirmative: ayes 34, noes 31.
Question
The majority voted in favour of paragraph (b) (ii) of a motion ↗︎ introduced by South Australian Senator Tim Storer ↗︎ (Independent), which means it succeeded. Motions like these don't have any legal force on their own but are politically influential as they represent the will of the Senate.
Motion text
That the Senate—
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(b) calls on the Federal Government to: > >> ... >> >> (ii) proceed with the structural separation of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, as proposed by the Productivity Commission.
How each member voted
How each party voted
Party labels are those recorded for this division, rather than current affiliations.
- Labor: aye 20
- Liberal: no 19
- Nationals: no 2
- United Australia Party: no 1
- Liberal Democratic Party: no 1
- Derryn Hinch's Justice Party: aye 1
- Independent: no 2, aye 2
- LNP: no 1
- Greens: aye 9
- Country Liberal Party: no 1
- One Nation: no 2
- PRES: no 1, aye 1
- DPRES: no 1
- Centre Alliance: aye 1
Ayes
- Alex Gallacher (Labor) — aye
- Anne Urquhart (Labor) — aye
- Anthony Chisholm (Labor) — aye
- Carol Brown (Labor) — aye
- Catryna Bilyk (Labor) — aye
- Chris Ketter (Labor) — aye
- David Smith (Labor) — aye
- Deborah O'Neill (Labor) — aye
- Derryn Hinch (Derryn Hinch's Justice Party) — aye
- Don Farrell (Labor) — aye
- Gavin Marshall (Labor) — aye
- Glenn Sterle (Labor) — aye
- Helen Polley (Labor) — aye
- Jacinta Collins (Labor) — aye
- Janet Rice (Greens) — aye
- Jenny McAllister (Labor) — aye
- Jordon Steele-John (Greens) — aye
- Kim Carr (Labor) — aye
- Kristina Keneally (Labor) — aye
- Larissa Waters (Greens) — aye
- Lisa Singh (Labor) — aye
- Malarndirri McCarthy (Labor) — aye
- Mehreen Faruqi (Greens) — aye
- Murray Watt (Labor) — aye
- Nick McKim (Greens) — aye
- Patrick Dodson (Labor) — aye
- Peter Whish-Wilson (Greens) — aye
- Rachel Siewert (Greens) — aye
- Rex Patrick (Independent) — aye
- Richard Di Natale (Greens) — aye
- Sarah Hanson-Young (Greens) — aye
- Stirling Griff (Centre Alliance) — aye
- Sue Lines (PRES) — aye
- Tim Storer (Independent) — aye
Noes
- Amanda Stoker (Liberal) — no
- Anne Ruston (Liberal) — no
- Arthur Sinodinos (Liberal) — no
- Barry O'Sullivan (Nationals) — no
- Brian Burston (United Australia Party) — no
- Bridget McKenzie (Nationals) — no
- Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (Liberal) — no
- David Fawcett (Liberal) — no
- David Leyonhjelm (Liberal Democratic Party) — no
- Dean Smith (Liberal) — no
- Fraser Anning (Independent) — no
- Ian Macdonald (Liberal) — no
- James McGrath (LNP) — no
- James Paterson (Liberal) — no
- Jane Hume (Liberal) — no
- Jim Molan (Liberal) — no
- Jonathon Duniam (Liberal) — no
- Linda Reynolds (Liberal) — no
- Lucy Gichuhi (Liberal) — no
- Marise Payne (Liberal) — no
- Michaelia Cash (Liberal) — no
- Mitch Fifield (Liberal) — no
- Nigel Scullion (Country Liberal Party) — no
- Pauline Hanson (One Nation) — no
- Peter Georgiou (One Nation) — no
- Richard Colbeck (Liberal) — no
- Scott Ryan (PRES) — no
- Simon Birmingham (Liberal) — no
- Slade Brockman (DPRES) — no
- Steve Martin (Independent) — no
- Zed Seselja (Liberal) — no
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