Division
The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2023-06-22.62.2) introduced by South Australian Senator [Anne Ruston](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/anne_ruston) (Liberal), which means it failed. ### What does this amendment do? Senator Ruston [explained that](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2023-06-22.62.1): > *The reason the coalition is moving this substantive amendment is so that for a period of three years from royal assent the government must publish details of key metrics of social harm within all the former cashless debit card sites, including, but not limited to, rates of violent crime, presentations to emergency departments and ambulance call-outs reported with incidents of domestic violence. In the absence of having these sorts of measures, how on earth can the government measure the success or otherwise of their decisions? We think that, as soon as practicable after the end of each reporting period, the minister must prepare a report on the social effects of the cessation of the cashless welfare arrangements in each of the program areas.* ### Amendment text > *(1) Page 66 (after line 14), at the end of the Bill, add:* > >> *Schedule 3 — Obligations of Minister: reporting* >> >> *Social Security (Administration) Act 1999* >> >> *1 At the end of Part 7* >> >> *Insert:* >> >> *243B Tabling of report relating to effect of cessation of cashless welfare arrangements* >> >>> *(1) As soon as practicable after the end of each reporting period, the Minister must prepare a report on the social effect of the cessation of cashless welfare arrangements in each of the program areas.* >>> >>> *(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the report must outline, in respect of each of the program areas, rates of, and trends in:* >>> >>>> *(a) violent crimes reported to police;* >>>> >>>> *(b) presentations to hospital emergency departments, as follows:* >>>> >>>>> *(i) overall presentations;* >>>>> >>>>> *(ii) dr
Senate, 2023-06-22. negative: ayes 28, noes 32.
Question
The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2023-06-22.62.2) introduced by South Australian Senator [Anne Ruston](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/anne_ruston) (Liberal), which means it failed. ### What does this amendment do? Senator Ruston [explained that](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2023-06-22.62.1): > *The reason the coalition is moving this substantive amendment is so that for a period of three years from royal assent the government must publish details of key metrics of social harm within all the former cashless debit card sites, including, but not limited to, rates of violent crime, presentations to emergency departments and ambulance call-outs reported with incidents of domestic violence. In the absence of having these sorts of measures, how on earth can the government measure the success or otherwise of their decisions? We think that, as soon as practicable after the end of each reporting period, the minister must prepare a report on the social effects of the cessation of the cashless welfare arrangements in each of the program areas.* ### Amendment text > *(1) Page 66 (after line 14), at the end of the Bill, add:* > >> *Schedule 3 — Obligations of Minister: reporting* >> >> *Social Security (Administration) Act 1999* >> >> *1 At the end of Part 7* >> >> *Insert:* >> >> *243B Tabling of report relating to effect of cessation of cashless welfare arrangements* >> >>> *(1) As soon as practicable after the end of each reporting period, the Minister must prepare a report on the social effect of the cessation of cashless welfare arrangements in each of the program areas.* >>> >>> *(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the report must outline, in respect of each of the program areas, rates of, and trends in:* >>> >>>> *(a) violent crimes reported to police;* >>>> >>>> *(b) presentations to hospital emergency departments, as follows:* >>>> >>>>> *(i) overall presentations;* >>>>> >>>>> *(ii) dr
How each member voted
Per-member votes are not present in this static export. Consult the original division record.
Related bills
Only formal divisions leave a per-member record. A procedural vote is not necessarily a vote for or against a bill.