Division
The majority voted against [amendments](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2019-11-28.143.1) introduced by Tasmanian Senator [Jacqui Lanbie](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/jacqui_lambie), which means they failed. ### What is the bill's main idea? The bill was [introduced in order to](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r6348): * *include certain serious criminal offences as a new category of ‘prescribed offence’ for the purposes of the automatic disqualification regime in relation to registered organisations;* * *establish an offence for a disqualified person to continue to act as an official or in a way that influences the affairs of an organisation;* * *allow the Federal Court to disqualify officials from holding office in certain circumstances or if they are otherwise not a fit and proper person;* * *allow the Federal Court to cancel the registration of an organisation on a range of grounds;* * *expand the grounds on which the Federal Court may order remedial action to deal with governance issues in an organisation;* * *expressly provide that the Federal Court may appoint an administrator to an organisation or part of an organisation as part of a remedial scheme;* * *introduce a public interest test for amalgamations of registered organisations; and* * *make minor and technical amendments.*
Senate, 2019-11-28. negative: ayes 33, noes 35.
Question
The majority voted against [amendments](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2019-11-28.143.1) introduced by Tasmanian Senator [Jacqui Lanbie](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/jacqui_lambie), which means they failed. ### What is the bill's main idea? The bill was [introduced in order to](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r6348): * *include certain serious criminal offences as a new category of ‘prescribed offence’ for the purposes of the automatic disqualification regime in relation to registered organisations;* * *establish an offence for a disqualified person to continue to act as an official or in a way that influences the affairs of an organisation;* * *allow the Federal Court to disqualify officials from holding office in certain circumstances or if they are otherwise not a fit and proper person;* * *allow the Federal Court to cancel the registration of an organisation on a range of grounds;* * *expand the grounds on which the Federal Court may order remedial action to deal with governance issues in an organisation;* * *expressly provide that the Federal Court may appoint an administrator to an organisation or part of an organisation as part of a remedial scheme;* * *introduce a public interest test for amalgamations of registered organisations; and* * *make minor and technical amendments.*
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