Division
The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2021-08-03.10.1) introduced by NSW Senator Mehreen Faruqi (Greens), which means it failed. This amendment would have added the words below to a [motion](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/divisions/senate/2021-08-05/6) that the bill be read a [second time](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/) (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill). ### Amendment text > *At the end of the motion, add: ", but the Senate is of the opinion that:* > > *(a) the Morrison Government is on a relentless mission to decimate the higher education sector;* > > *(b) these two bills represent a worrying continuation in the Government's larger pattern of defunding the higher education sector and shifting the costs of providing higher education away from the Commonwealth; and* > > *(c) education is a public good, which should be publicly funded".*
Senate, 2021-08-05. negative: ayes 11, noes 15.
Question
The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2021-08-03.10.1) introduced by NSW Senator Mehreen Faruqi (Greens), which means it failed. This amendment would have added the words below to a [motion](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/divisions/senate/2021-08-05/6) that the bill be read a [second time](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/) (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill). ### Amendment text > *At the end of the motion, add: ", but the Senate is of the opinion that:* > > *(a) the Morrison Government is on a relentless mission to decimate the higher education sector;* > > *(b) these two bills represent a worrying continuation in the Government's larger pattern of defunding the higher education sector and shifting the costs of providing higher education away from the Commonwealth; and* > > *(c) education is a public good, which should be publicly funded".*
How each member voted
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Related bills
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