Division
The majority voted against an [opposition amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2022-12-15.58.1), which means it failed. It was an amendment to a motion "*that the remaining stages of the bill be agreed to and that the bill be now passed.*" ### Amendment text > *At the end of the motion, add ", and that paragraph (1) of the resolution of appointment of the Select Committee on Cost of Living be amended as follows:* > > *(1) That a select committee, to be known as the Select Committee on the Cost of Living, be established to inquire into and report on:* > >> *(a) the cost of living pressures facing Australians;* >> >> *(b) the Government's fiscal policy response to the cost of living;* >> >> *(c) ways to ease cost of living pressures through the tax and transfer system;* >> >> *(d) measures to ease the cost of living through the provision of Government services;* >> >> *(e) the impact of the passage of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Energy Price Relief Plan) Bill 2022 on:* >> >>> *(i) energy markets,* >>> >>> *(ii) wholesale and retail energy prices or bills, and* >>> >>> *(iii) the Consumer Price Index; and* >> >> *(f) any other related matter".*
Senate, 2022-12-15. negative: ayes 25, noes 26.
Question
The majority voted against an [opposition amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2022-12-15.58.1), which means it failed. It was an amendment to a motion "*that the remaining stages of the bill be agreed to and that the bill be now passed.*" ### Amendment text > *At the end of the motion, add ", and that paragraph (1) of the resolution of appointment of the Select Committee on Cost of Living be amended as follows:* > > *(1) That a select committee, to be known as the Select Committee on the Cost of Living, be established to inquire into and report on:* > >> *(a) the cost of living pressures facing Australians;* >> >> *(b) the Government's fiscal policy response to the cost of living;* >> >> *(c) ways to ease cost of living pressures through the tax and transfer system;* >> >> *(d) measures to ease the cost of living through the provision of Government services;* >> >> *(e) the impact of the passage of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Energy Price Relief Plan) Bill 2022 on:* >> >>> *(i) energy markets,* >>> >>> *(ii) wholesale and retail energy prices or bills, and* >>> >>> *(iii) the Consumer Price Index; and* >> >> *(f) any other related matter".*
How each member voted
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Related bills
Only formal divisions leave a per-member record. A procedural vote is not necessarily a vote for or against a bill.