Division
The majority voted against [amendments](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2022-12-01.426.2) introduced by Northern Territory [Jacinta Nampijinpa Price](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/nt/jacinta_nampijinpa_price) (Country Liberal Party), which means they failed. ### What do the amendments do? Senator Nampijinpa Price [explained that](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2022-12-01.426.2): > *The purpose of the Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 is to amend the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 and the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978 to remove the provisions currently preventing the territories from passing legislation which would allow for voluntary assisted dying. The bill would not legalise that in either of the territories but rather would allow the legislative assemblies of the ACT and the NT to pass laws allowing for VAD. Despite what the Labor Northern Territory and federal House of Representatives members have portrayed of me publicly, I do support the bill and am doing my job—which they should note how to better do themselves—in making a bad bill better for the Territory. I'll say this again: I absolutely support the rights of Territorians. The proposed amendments, drafted by the parliamentary clerk, have been developed to ensure that the exact restraints that are currently operative in state law are applied in the Territory, because we have some of the most vulnerable communities and people in Australia.* ### Why are the major parties split on how to vote? This was a [free vote](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/help/faq#free) (also known as a conscience vote), which means our senators voted according to their own beliefs rather than voting along party lines. ### Amendment text > *(1) Schedule 1, item 1, page 3 (lines 4 and 5), omit the item, substitute:* > >> *1 Subsections 23(1A) and (1B)* >> >> *Repeal the subsections, substitute:* >> >> *(1A) The Assembly has no power to make laws permitti
Senate, 2022-12-01. negative: ayes 25, noes 37.
Question
The majority voted against [amendments](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2022-12-01.426.2) introduced by Northern Territory [Jacinta Nampijinpa Price](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/nt/jacinta_nampijinpa_price) (Country Liberal Party), which means they failed. ### What do the amendments do? Senator Nampijinpa Price [explained that](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2022-12-01.426.2): > *The purpose of the Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022 is to amend the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988 and the Northern Territory (Self-Government) Act 1978 to remove the provisions currently preventing the territories from passing legislation which would allow for voluntary assisted dying. The bill would not legalise that in either of the territories but rather would allow the legislative assemblies of the ACT and the NT to pass laws allowing for VAD. Despite what the Labor Northern Territory and federal House of Representatives members have portrayed of me publicly, I do support the bill and am doing my job—which they should note how to better do themselves—in making a bad bill better for the Territory. I'll say this again: I absolutely support the rights of Territorians. The proposed amendments, drafted by the parliamentary clerk, have been developed to ensure that the exact restraints that are currently operative in state law are applied in the Territory, because we have some of the most vulnerable communities and people in Australia.* ### Why are the major parties split on how to vote? This was a [free vote](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/help/faq#free) (also known as a conscience vote), which means our senators voted according to their own beliefs rather than voting along party lines. ### Amendment text > *(1) Schedule 1, item 1, page 3 (lines 4 and 5), omit the item, substitute:* > >> *1 Subsections 23(1A) and (1B)* >> >> *Repeal the subsections, substitute:* >> >> *(1A) The Assembly has no power to make laws permitti
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