Division
The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2020-02-11.13.1) introduced by NSW Senator [Mehreen Faruqi](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/nsw/mehreen_faruqi) (Greens), which means it failed. The amendment is an attempt to address the politicisation of the grants process. ### Amendment text > *(1) Schedule 1, page 3 (after line 11), at the end of the Schedule, add:* > > *4 After section 51* > > *Insert:* > > *51A Announcements about approval of expenditure on research programs* > > *(1) The Minister must, within 21 days after making a determination under paragraph 51(2) (b):* > >>*(a) make a public announcement of the determination; and* >> >> *(b) cause a copy of the announcement to be published on the internet.* > > *(2) The Minister must not make an announcement under subsection (1) together with any of the following:* > >> *(a) another member of parliament;* >> >> *(b) a candidate in an election for the Senate or the House of Representatives.* > > *(3) An announcement made under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.* > > *(4) To avoid doubt, subsection (1) applies in addition to subsection 51(3).* > > *(5) In this section, member of parliament means:* > >> *(a) a senator; or* >> >> *(b) a member of the House of Representatives; or* >> >> *(c) a Minister of State who is not a senator or member of the House of Representatives; or* >> >> *(d) a person who is taken to be the President of the Senate under the Parliamentary Presiding Officers Act 1965 and who is not a senator or member of the House of Representatives; or* >> >> *(e) a person who is taken to be the Speaker of the House of Representatives under the Parliamentary Presiding Officers Act 1965 and who is not a senator or member of the House of Representatives.*
Senate, 2020-02-11. negative: ayes 9, noes 52.
Question
The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2020-02-11.13.1) introduced by NSW Senator [Mehreen Faruqi](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/nsw/mehreen_faruqi) (Greens), which means it failed. The amendment is an attempt to address the politicisation of the grants process. ### Amendment text > *(1) Schedule 1, page 3 (after line 11), at the end of the Schedule, add:* > > *4 After section 51* > > *Insert:* > > *51A Announcements about approval of expenditure on research programs* > > *(1) The Minister must, within 21 days after making a determination under paragraph 51(2) (b):* > >>*(a) make a public announcement of the determination; and* >> >> *(b) cause a copy of the announcement to be published on the internet.* > > *(2) The Minister must not make an announcement under subsection (1) together with any of the following:* > >> *(a) another member of parliament;* >> >> *(b) a candidate in an election for the Senate or the House of Representatives.* > > *(3) An announcement made under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.* > > *(4) To avoid doubt, subsection (1) applies in addition to subsection 51(3).* > > *(5) In this section, member of parliament means:* > >> *(a) a senator; or* >> >> *(b) a member of the House of Representatives; or* >> >> *(c) a Minister of State who is not a senator or member of the House of Representatives; or* >> >> *(d) a person who is taken to be the President of the Senate under the Parliamentary Presiding Officers Act 1965 and who is not a senator or member of the House of Representatives; or* >> >> *(e) a person who is taken to be the Speaker of the House of Representatives under the Parliamentary Presiding Officers Act 1965 and who is not a senator or member of the House of Representatives.*
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