Division
The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2021-10-18.185.1) to keep [the bill](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fbillhome%2Fr6749%22) as it is. In parliamentary jargon, they voted "*that the bill stand as printed*". ### What does this bill do? According to the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2122a/22bd016): > *The purpose of the [Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Equity Investments and Other Measures) Bill 2021](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fbillhome%2Fr6749%22) (the Bill) is to give legislative effect to the Government’s decision to broaden the range of transactions that [Export Finance Australia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_Finance_Australia) (EFA) can finance.* > > *Specifically, the Bill will amend the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991 (the EFIC Act) to:* > > * *permit EFA to make equity investments and* > * *permit EFA Australia to offer standalone guarantees for overseas infrastructure transactions.*
Senate, 2021-10-18. affirmative: ayes 27, noes 7.
Question
The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2021-10-18.185.1) to keep [the bill](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fbillhome%2Fr6749%22) as it is. In parliamentary jargon, they voted "*that the bill stand as printed*". ### What does this bill do? According to the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2122a/22bd016): > *The purpose of the [Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Equity Investments and Other Measures) Bill 2021](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fbillhome%2Fr6749%22) (the Bill) is to give legislative effect to the Government’s decision to broaden the range of transactions that [Export Finance Australia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_Finance_Australia) (EFA) can finance.* > > *Specifically, the Bill will amend the Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Act 1991 (the EFIC Act) to:* > > * *permit EFA to make equity investments and* > * *permit EFA Australia to offer standalone guarantees for overseas infrastructure transactions.*
How each member voted
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Related bills
- Export Finance and Insurance Corporation Amendment (Equity Investments and Other Measures) Bill 2021
Only formal divisions leave a per-member record. A procedural vote is not necessarily a vote for or against a bill.