Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022

What does this bill do, in plain English?

Updates the technical rules for how Australia runs referendums to make them work better.

How parliament voted

Every recorded division on this bill, from the official division record via TheyVoteForYou.

• senate · 22 March 2023

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Timing of referendum

  3–54

  The noes have it · 51 votes

  3 ayes, 54 noes

• senate · 22 March 2023

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022; in Committee - Exclusion zones and financial disclosure

  17–27

  The noes have it · 10 votes

  17 ayes, 27 noes

• senate · 22 March 2023

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022 - in Committee - Provisional voting

  15–23

  The noes have it · 8 votes

  15 ayes, 23 noes

• senate · 22 March 2023

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022 - Second Reading - When should consider

  29–36

  The noes have it · 7 votes

  29 ayes, 36 noes

• senate · 22 March 2023

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022 - in Committee - Campaign organisations

  24–31

  The noes have it · 7 votes

  24 ayes, 31 noes

• representatives · 7 March 2023

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022 - Consideration in Detail - Misleading and deceptive advertising

  62–16

  The ayes have it · 46 votes

  62 ayes, 16 noes

• representatives · 7 March 2023

  Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022 - Second Reading - Agree with the main idea of the bill

  87–53

  The ayes have it · 34 votes

  87 ayes, 53 noes

How parliament votes on this issue

Every recorded division Verity has tagged to the issue this bill is filed under — party by party, member by member.

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