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7th Oct 2014
Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Decline to read a second time
Not passed by a small majority
1 rebellion 91% attendance
31st Oct 2012, 6:25 PM – Representatives Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time
Summary
EditThe majority voted in favour of a motion to read the bill for a second time.(Read more about the stages that a bill must pass through here. )
This means that the majority agree with the main idea of the bill and that the House can now consider the bill in more detail.
One member, Nationals MP Tony Crook, crossed the floor to vote 'aye' with the Government.(Read more about what it means to rebel and cross the floor in our FAQ section. )
Background to the bill
The bill was introduced to transition the wheat export industry to full deregulation by abolishing the Wheat Export Accreditation Scheme and winding up Wheat Export Australia.(Read more about the effect of the Wheat Export Marketing Amendment Bill 2012 in its bills digest (333 KB). )
Prior to 2008, Australia's wheat export market operated under a ' single desk' policy.(Read more about the history of the regulation of the wheat industry here. ) This means that bulk wheat exports were directed through a single exporter of bulk wheat under the Australian Wheat Board International Limited (AWB International). The Export Wheat Commission managed the export of non-bulk wheat (that is, bagged or container wheat).
The single desk policy ended with the introduction of the Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 and related bill,(Read more about the bills in their bills digests. The digest for the Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 is available here (198 KB). The digest for the Wheat Export Marketing (Repeal and Consequential Amendments) Bill 2008 is available here (53.1 KB). ) which established the Wheat Export Accreditation Scheme that was regulated through the Wheat Exports Australia. This introduced competition into the bulk wheat export market so that "[r]ather than forcing growers to sell their wheat through a single exporter they [were] able to choose from a number of accredited exporters as well as domestic outlets."(See the explanatory memorandum of the Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008.)
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Votes Passed by a small majority
There was 1 rebellion in this division.
- Tony Crook voted Yes against the majority of the National Party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Bandt Melbourne Australian Greens | Yes | |
| Australian Labor Party (93% turnout) | 65 Yes – 0 No | |
| Dick Adams Lyons | Yes | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | Yes | |
| Sharon Bird Cunningham | Yes | |
| Chris Bowen McMahon | Yes | |
| David Bradbury Lindsay | Yes | |
| Gai Brodtmann Canberra | Yes | |
| Tony Burke Watson | Yes | |
| Mark Butler Port Adelaide | Yes | |
| Anthony Byrne Holt | Yes | |
| Nick Champion Wakefield | Yes | |
| Darren Cheeseman Corangamite | Yes | |
| Jason Clare Blaxland | Yes | |
| Julie Collins Franklin | Yes | |
| Greg Combet Charlton | Yes | |
| Simon Crean Hotham | Yes | |
| Yvette D'Ath Petrie | Yes | |
| Michael Danby Melbourne Ports | Yes | |
| Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | Yes | |
| Justine Elliot Richmond | Yes | |
| Kate Ellis Adelaide | Yes | |
| Craig Emerson Rankin | Yes | |
| Martin Ferguson Batman | Yes | |
| Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter | Yes | |
| Peter Garrett Kingsford Smith | Yes | |
| Steve Georganas Hindmarsh | Yes | |
| Steve Gibbons Bendigo | Yes | |
| Julia Gillard Lalor | Yes | |
| Gary Gray Brand | Yes | |
| Sharon Grierson Newcastle | Yes | |
| Jill Hall Shortland | Yes | |
| Chris Hayes Fowler | Yes | |
| Ed Husic Chifley | Yes | |
| Harry Jenkins Scullin | Yes | |
| Stephen Jones Throsby | Yes | |
| Mike Kelly Eden-Monaro | Yes | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | Yes | |
| Kirsten Livermore Capricornia | Yes | |
| Geoff Lyons Bass | Yes | |
| Jenny Macklin Jagajaga | Yes | |
| Robert McClelland Barton | Yes | |
| Daryl Melham Banks | Yes | |
| Rob Mitchell McEwen | Yes | |
| John Murphy Reid | Yes | |
| Shayne Neumann Blair | Yes | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | Yes | |
| Deborah O'Neill Robertson | Yes | |
| Julie Owens Parramatta | Yes | |
| Melissa Parke Fremantle | Yes | |
| Graham Perrett Moreton | Yes | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | Yes | |
| Bernie Ripoll Oxley | Yes | |
| Amanda Rishworth Kingston | Yes | |
| Michelle Rowland Greenway | Yes | |
| Nicola Roxon Gellibrand | Yes | |
| Kevin Rudd Griffith | Yes | |
| Janelle Saffin Page | Yes | |
| Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | Yes | |
| Stephen Smith Perth | Yes | |
| Laura Smyth La Trobe | Yes | |
| Warren Snowdon Lingiari | Yes | |
| Wayne Swan Lilley | Yes | |
| Mike Symon Deakin | Yes | |
| Kelvin Thomson Wills | Yes | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | Yes | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | Yes | |
| Laurie Ferguson Werriwa | Absent | |
| Alan Griffin Bruce | Absent | |
| Andrew Leigh Fraser | Absent | |
| Richard Marles Corio | Absent | |
| Sid Sidebottom Braddon | Absent | |
| Natasha Griggs Solomon Country Liberal Party | No | |
| Bruce Scott Maranoa Deputy Speaker | No | |
| Robert Oakeshott Lyne Independent | Yes | |
| Peter Slipper Fisher Independent | Yes | |
| Craig Thomson Dobell Independent | Yes | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Independent | No | |
| Andrew Wilkie Denison Independent | No | |
| Tony Windsor New England Independent | No | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Katter's Australian Party | Absent | |
| Liberal Party (90% turnout) | 0 Yes – 53 No | |
| Tony Abbott Warringah | No | |
| John Alexander Bennelong | No | |
| Karen Andrews McPherson | No | |
| Kevin Andrews Menzies | No | |
| Bob Baldwin Paterson | No | |
| Bruce Billson Dunkley | No | |
| Bronwyn Bishop Mackellar | No | |
| Julie Bishop Curtin | No | |
| Jamie Briggs Mayo | No | |
| Russell Broadbent McMillan | No | |
| Scott Buchholz Wright | No | |
| Steven Ciobo Moncrieff | No | |
| Peter Dutton Dickson | No | |
| Warren Entsch Leichhardt | No | |
| Paul Fletcher Bradfield | No | |
| Josh Frydenberg Kooyong | No | |
| Teresa Gambaro Brisbane | No | |
| Joanna Gash Gilmore | No | |
| Alex Hawke Mitchell | No | |
| Joe Hockey North Sydney | No | |
| Greg Hunt Flinders | No | |
| Steve Irons Swan | No | |
| Ewen Jones Herbert | No | |
| Craig Kelly Hughes | No | |
| Andrew Laming Bowman | No | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | No | |
| Ian Macfarlane Groom | No | |
| Nola Marino Forrest | No | |
| Louise Markus Macquarie | No | |
| Russell Matheson Macarthur | No | |
| Sophie Mirabella Indi | No | |
| Scott Morrison Cook | No | |
| Judi Moylan Pearce | No | |
| Kelly O'Dwyer Higgins | No | |
| Jane Prentice Ryan | No | |
| Christopher Pyne Sturt | No | |
| Rowan Ramsey Grey | No | |
| Don Randall Canning | No | |
| Andrew Robb Goldstein | No | |
| Stuart Robert Fadden | No | |
| Wyatt Roy Longman | No | |
| Philip Ruddock Berowra | No | |
| Alby Schultz Hume | No | |
| Patrick Secker Barker | No | |
| Luke Simpkins Cowan | No | |
| Tony Smith Casey | No | |
| Sharman Stone Murray | No | |
| Dan Tehan Wannon | No | |
| Alan Tudge Aston | No | |
| Malcolm Turnbull Wentworth | No | |
| Bert Van Manen Forde | No | |
| Ross Vasta Bonner | No | |
| Ken Wyatt Hasluck | No | |
| Barry Haase Durack | Absent | |
| Dennis Jensen Tangney | Absent | |
| Michael Keenan Stirling | Absent | |
| Alex Somlyay Fairfax | Absent | |
| Andrew Southcott Boothby | Absent | |
| Mal Washer Moore | Absent | |
| National Party (91% turnout) | 1 Yes – 9 No | |
| Tony Crook O'Connor | Yes | |
| Darren Chester Gippsland | No | |
| George Christensen Dawson | No | |
| John Cobb Calare | No | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes | No | |
| Luke Hartsuyker Cowper | No | |
| Michael McCormack Riverina | No | |
| Paul Neville Hinkler | No | |
| Ken O'Dowd Flynn | No | |
| Warren Truss Wide Bay | No | |
| John Forrest Mallee | Absent | |
| Anna Burke Chisholm Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (91% turnout) | 70 Yes – 67 No |
Red entries are rebel votes against the majority of a party.
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.