Division
The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2023-12-06.213.1) to agree with the remaining stages of the bill as amended and so pass the bill. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill for a third time. This means the bill will now be sent back to the House of Representatives, where our MPs will now decide on whether they agree with the Senate amendments. ### Rebellions There were two rebel voters in this division, with South Australian Senator [Alex Antic](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/alex_antic) and Queensland Senator [Gerard Rennick](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/queensland/gerard_rennick) voting "No" against the rest of the Liberal Party. ### What is the bill's main idea? According to the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2324a/24bd24) (which is prepared by the non-partisan parliamentary library): > *Bills with similar purposes were introduced in 2018 and 2019 but lapsed with the dissolution of the House of Representatives in April 2019 and April 2022, respectively. ... The Identity Verification Services Bill 2023 (IVS Bill), as outlined in the Explanatory Memorandum, would:* > > * *authorise 1:1 matching of identity through the identity verification services, with consent of the relevant individual, by public and private sector entities. This will be enabled by:* > >> * *the Document Verification Service which provides 1:1 matching to verify biographic information (such as a name or date of birth), with consent, against government issued identification documents;* >> >> * *the Face Verification Service which provides 1:1 matching to verify biometric information (in this case a photograph or facial image of an individual), with consent, against a Commonwealth, state or territory issued identification document (for example, passports and driver licences); and* >> >> * *the National Driver Licence Facial Recognition Solution which
Senate, 2023-12-06. affirmative: ayes 32, noes 6.
Question
The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2023-12-06.213.1) to agree with the remaining stages of the bill as amended and so pass the bill. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill for a third time. This means the bill will now be sent back to the House of Representatives, where our MPs will now decide on whether they agree with the Senate amendments. ### Rebellions There were two rebel voters in this division, with South Australian Senator [Alex Antic](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/alex_antic) and Queensland Senator [Gerard Rennick](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/queensland/gerard_rennick) voting "No" against the rest of the Liberal Party. ### What is the bill's main idea? According to the [bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2324a/24bd24) (which is prepared by the non-partisan parliamentary library): > *Bills with similar purposes were introduced in 2018 and 2019 but lapsed with the dissolution of the House of Representatives in April 2019 and April 2022, respectively. ... The Identity Verification Services Bill 2023 (IVS Bill), as outlined in the Explanatory Memorandum, would:* > > * *authorise 1:1 matching of identity through the identity verification services, with consent of the relevant individual, by public and private sector entities. This will be enabled by:* > >> * *the Document Verification Service which provides 1:1 matching to verify biographic information (such as a name or date of birth), with consent, against government issued identification documents;* >> >> * *the Face Verification Service which provides 1:1 matching to verify biometric information (in this case a photograph or facial image of an individual), with consent, against a Commonwealth, state or territory issued identification document (for example, passports and driver licences); and* >> >> * *the National Driver Licence Facial Recognition Solution which
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