Division
The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2023-06-22.12.2) to the usual second reading motion, which is "*that the bill be read a second time*" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill. South Australian Senator Anne Ruston (Liberal) had proposed to add the words below to that usual motion. ### Amendment text > *At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate:* > > *(a) notes:* > >> *(i) the Coalition introduced the Cashless Debit Card to protect vulnerable communities reducing the amount of welfare payments available to spend on alcohol, gambling and illegal drugs,* >> >> *(ii) since the Cashless Debit Card program commenced more than $988 million has been spent using cashless debit card accounts; participants making more than 20 million approved transactions with over $273 million spent where the primary business is food,* >> >> *(iii) the harm and hardship the Government's abolition of the Cashless Debit Card has caused some of Australia's most vulnerable communities,* >> >> *(iv) the Government's hypocrisy by reintroducing the Cashless Debit Card and rebranding it the SmartCard with the new card supported by the same provider Indue,* >> >> *(v) the Government has committed over $217 million of taxpayers' funds to this expensive rebranding exercise,* >> >> *(vi) the Government has failed to provide details of the total cost to taxpayers of the new SmartCard, and* >> >> *(vii) the Government has rushed and total mismanaged transition to the SmartCard; and* > > *(b) calls on the Government to, without delay, reverse its decision to abolish the Cashless Debit Card program and stop the alcohol-fuelled violence, drug abuse and childhood neglect in our most vulnerable communities".*
Senate, 2023-06-22. negative: ayes 26, noes 35.
Question
The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2023-06-22.12.2) to the usual second reading motion, which is "*that the bill be read a second time*" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill. South Australian Senator Anne Ruston (Liberal) had proposed to add the words below to that usual motion. ### Amendment text > *At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate:* > > *(a) notes:* > >> *(i) the Coalition introduced the Cashless Debit Card to protect vulnerable communities reducing the amount of welfare payments available to spend on alcohol, gambling and illegal drugs,* >> >> *(ii) since the Cashless Debit Card program commenced more than $988 million has been spent using cashless debit card accounts; participants making more than 20 million approved transactions with over $273 million spent where the primary business is food,* >> >> *(iii) the harm and hardship the Government's abolition of the Cashless Debit Card has caused some of Australia's most vulnerable communities,* >> >> *(iv) the Government's hypocrisy by reintroducing the Cashless Debit Card and rebranding it the SmartCard with the new card supported by the same provider Indue,* >> >> *(v) the Government has committed over $217 million of taxpayers' funds to this expensive rebranding exercise,* >> >> *(vi) the Government has failed to provide details of the total cost to taxpayers of the new SmartCard, and* >> >> *(vii) the Government has rushed and total mismanaged transition to the SmartCard; and* > > *(b) calls on the Government to, without delay, reverse its decision to abolish the Cashless Debit Card program and stop the alcohol-fuelled violence, drug abuse and childhood neglect in our most vulnerable communities".*
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