Division
The majority voted against [amendments](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2019-11-12.126.2) introduced by SA Senator [Rex Patrick](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/rex_patrick) (Centre Alliance), which means it failed. Senator Patrick [explained that](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2019-11-12.126.3): > *The Treasury Laws Amendment (Prohibiting Energy Market Misconduct) Bill 2019 opens up court-ordered divestitures for electricity retailers, to deal with misconduct. Once you accept the principle that it's relevant to one sector of the economy, you must then accept that it should apply to all sectors of the economy—anywhere where monopoly power or substantial market power exists and is being misused. That's what the Centre Alliance amendments do. They seek to enhance the bill to ensure that divestiture provisions apply universally across all Australian markets participating within the economy. This means that any business that engages in egregious market misconduct may be subject to having their business interests forcibly disposed of by a court.* ### What is the bill's main idea? The bill [was introduced](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1920a/20bd047) "to implement a legislative framework consisting of new prohibitions and remedies in relation to electricity retail, contract and wholesale markets." You can learn more about these new prohibitions and remedies in the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1920a/20bd047).
Senate, 2019-11-12. negative: ayes 11, noes 39.
Question
The majority voted against [amendments](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2019-11-12.126.2) introduced by SA Senator [Rex Patrick](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/rex_patrick) (Centre Alliance), which means it failed. Senator Patrick [explained that](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2019-11-12.126.3): > *The Treasury Laws Amendment (Prohibiting Energy Market Misconduct) Bill 2019 opens up court-ordered divestitures for electricity retailers, to deal with misconduct. Once you accept the principle that it's relevant to one sector of the economy, you must then accept that it should apply to all sectors of the economy—anywhere where monopoly power or substantial market power exists and is being misused. That's what the Centre Alliance amendments do. They seek to enhance the bill to ensure that divestiture provisions apply universally across all Australian markets participating within the economy. This means that any business that engages in egregious market misconduct may be subject to having their business interests forcibly disposed of by a court.* ### What is the bill's main idea? The bill [was introduced](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1920a/20bd047) "to implement a legislative framework consisting of new prohibitions and remedies in relation to electricity retail, contract and wholesale markets." You can learn more about these new prohibitions and remedies in the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1920a/20bd047).
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