Divisions—2008

Number of divisions:
Divisions in the Senate: 100
Divisions in committee of the whole: 51
Total: 151
*Government in majority: 93
#Ayes and noes were equal and so the question was negatived: 12
Date Type Subject Govt Opp AD AG FFP Ind
13/02/2008 Senate National Apology to the Stolen Generations - AG amendment* No No Yes No  
14/02/2008 Senate Selection of Bills report no. 1 - Government amendment Yes No Yes Yes Yes  
14/02/2008 Senate Environment - Climate change and renewable energy* No No Yes Yes No  
14/02/2008 Senate Environment - Solar energy technology* No No Yes Yes Yes  
14/02/2008 Senate Foreign Affairs - Gaza* No No Yes Yes No  
14/02/2008 Senate Select committees - Appointment No Yes Yes Yes Yes  
14/02/2008 Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committee - Reference - Amendment Yes No Yes Yes Yes  
12/03/2008 Committee Social Security and Veterans Affairs Legislation Amendment (Enhanced Allowances) Bill 2008 - AG request for an amendment* No No Yes Yes No  
18/03/2008 Senate Politics - Political donations* No No Yes Yes Yes  
18/03/2008 Senate Environment - Tarkine wilderness* No No Yes Yes No  
18/03/2008 Committee Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Bill 2008 - AD amendments* No No Yes Yes Yes  
19/03/2008 Committee Infrastructure Australia Bill 2008 - AG amendments* No No Yes Yes No  
19/03/2008 Committee Infrastructure Australia Bill 2008 - Opp amendments No Yes No No No  
19/03/2008 Senate Foreign Affairs - Tibet* No No Yes Yes Yes  
19/03/2008 Senate Establishment of a select committee on remote Indigenous communities No Yes Yes Yes Yes  
19/03/2008 Committee Infrastructure Australia Bill 2008 - AG amendment* No No Yes Yes No  
19/03/2008 Senate Interstate Road Transport Charge Amendment Bill 2008 - Second reading Yes No Yes Yes No  
20/03/2008 Senate Foreign Affairs - China - Proposed suspension of standing orders* No No Yes Yes Yes  
20/03/2008 Senate Law and Justice - Mercy Ministries Yes No Yes Yes No  
14/05/2008 Senate Fifth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development* No No Yes Yes Yes  
14/05/2008 Senate Defence - Parliamentary approval before committing Australia to war* No No Yes Yes Yes  
14/05/2008 Senate Amendment 2 to the Commonwealth Grant Scheme Guidelines No. 1 - Disallowance No Yes No No No  
15/05/2008 Senate Family and Community Services - Disclosure of information by charities Yes No Yes Yes Yes  
15/05/2008 Senate Foreign Affairs - Palestine* No No Split Yes No  
15/05/2008 Senate Environment - Radioactive waste facilities* No No Yes Yes No  
15/05/2008 Senate Community Affairs Committee - Reference No Yes Yes Yes Yes  
16/06/2008 Committee Tax Laws Amendment (Personal Income Tax Reduction) Bill 2008 - AG amendments* No No Yes Yes -  
17/06/2008 Senate Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008 and a related bill - Second reading* Yes Split Yes Yes No  
18/06/2008 Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee - Reference - AD amendment Yes No Yes Yes No  
18/06/2008 Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee - Reference No Yes No No Yes  
18/06/2008 Senate Economics Committee - Reference No Yes No No Yes  
18/06/2008 Senate Community Affairs Committee - Reference No Yes Yes No Yes  
18/06/2008 Senate Economics Committee - Reference No Yes Yes No Yes  
18/06/2008 Senate Economics Committee - Reference No Yes Yes No Yes  
18/06/2008 Senate Economics Committee - Reference No Yes Yes Yes Yes  
18/06/2008 Senate Economics Committee - Reference No Yes Yes No Yes  
18/06/2008 Senate Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters - Reference No Yes No No Yes  
19/06/2008 Senate Foreign Affairs - Crimes against women in Iraq* No No Yes Yes Yes  
19/06/2008 Senate Health Insurance (Dental Services) Amendment and Repeal Determination 2008 - Disallowance No Yes No No No  
19/06/2008 Senate Wheat Export Marketing Bill 2008* Yes Split Yes Yes No  
24/06/2008 Senate Environment - Global warming* No No Yes Yes Yes  
24/06/2008 Senate Foreign Affairs - Tibet* No No Yes Yes Yes  
24/06/2008 Senate Foreign Affairs - USA, Iran and Israel* No No Yes Yes Yes  
25/06/2008 Committee Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (2008 Budget and Other Measures) Bill 2008 - AG amendment* No No Yes Yes Yes  
25/06/2008 Senate Fuel and Energy Select Committee - Establishment No Yes Yes Yes Yes  
25/06/2008 Senate National Broadband Network Select Committee - Establishment No Yes Yes Yes Yes  
26/06/2008 Senate Foreign Affairs - Memorandum of understanding between Timor Leste and GT Leste Biotech* No No Yes Yes Yes  
26/06/2008 Committee Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 1) Bill 2008 - AG amendments* No No Yes Yes Yes  
26/06/2008 Senate Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 1) Bill 2008 - Third reading Yes No Yes Yes Yes  
27/08/2008 Senate Environment—Gunns Limited pulp mill-Proposed order for production of document* No No   Yes Yes Yes
27/08/2008 Senate Migration—Asylum seekers* No No   Yes Yes Yes
27/08/2008 Senate Environment, Communications and the Arts-Standing Committee-Proposed reference# No Yes   No Yes No
28/08/2008 Senate Community Affairs Committee - Proposed reference* No No   Yes No Yes
28/08/2008 Senate National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical and Other Benefits—Cost Recovery) Bill 2998 - second reading# Yes No   Yes No Yes
3/09/2008 Committee Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 4) Bill 2008 - Schedule 2 stand as printed Yes No   Yes No No
3/09/2008 Senate Environment - Green carbon* No No   Yes Yes Yes
3/09/2008 Senate Foreign Affairs - Russia* No No   Yes No Yes
3/09/2008 Senate Foreign Affairs - Afghanistan* No No   Yes No No
3/09/2008 Senate Tax Laws Amendment (Luxury Car Tax) Bill 2008 and 3 related bills - Second reading* Yes No   Yes No Yes
4/09/2008 Senate Tax Laws Amendment (Luxury Car Tax) Bill 2008 and 3 related bills - Recommittal of second reading# Yes No   Yes No Yes
4/09/2008 Committee Higher Education Support Amendment (Removal of the Higher Education Workplace Relations Requirements and National Governance Protocols Requirements and Other Matters) Bill 2008 - Opposition amendments# No Yes   No Yes No
4/09/2008 Senate Higher Education Support Amendment (Removal of the Higher Education Workplace Relations Requirements and National Governance Protocols Requirements and Other Matters) Bill 2008 - Third reading* Yes No   Yes Yes Yes
16/09/2008 Committee Trade Practices Legislation Amendment Bill 2008 - Schedule 1, items 1, 2 and 6 and Schedule 2, items 1, 2 and 6 stand as printed Yes No   Yes No No
16/09/2008 Senate United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples* No No   Yes No No
16/09/2008 Senate Health Insurance (Dental Services) Amendment and Repeal Determination 2008 - Disallowance - Proposed rescission Yes No   No No No
17/09/2008 Senate Health - Food colourings* No No   Yes Yes Yes
18/09/2008 Senate Foreign Affairs - International Day of Peace* No No   Yes No Yes
22/09/2008 Senate Introduction of the Urgent Relief for Singe Age Pensioners Bill 2008 - Motion to give precedence - AG amendment* No No   Yes No No
22/09/2008 Senate Tax Laws Amendment (Luxury Car Tax) Bill 2008 and 3 related bills - Second reading* Yes No   Yes Yes Yes
23/09/2008 Committee Tax Laws Amendment (Luxury Car Tax) Bill 2008 - Opposition requests for amendments* No Yes   No No No
23/09/2008 Senate Foreign Affairs - International Day of Peace* No No   Yes No Yes
23/09/2008 Committee Tax Laws Amendment (Luxury Car Tax) Bill 2008 - Government request for amendment* Yes No   Yes Yes Yes
23/09/2008 Committee Tax Laws Amendment (Luxury Car Tax) Bill 2008 - Opposition request for amendment* No Yes   No No No
24/09/2008 Committee First Home Saver Accounts (Further Provisions) Amendment Bill 2008 - AG amendment* No No   Yes No No
24/09/2008 Committee First Home Saver Accounts (Further Provisions) Amendment Bill 2008 - AG amendment* No No   Yes No No
24/09/2008 Senate Economics - Executive pay levels* No No   Yes No Yes
24/09/2008 Senate Foreign Affairs - Abolition of the death penalty* No No   Yes Yes Yes
24/09/2008 Senate Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy Surcharge Thresholds) Bill 2008 - Second reading# Yes No   Yes No Yes
25/09/2008 Senate Education - Voluntary student unionism* No No   Yes No No
25/09/2008 Senate Foreign Affairs - South Africa - Sand mining* No No   Yes Yes Yes
25/09/2008 Senate Tax Laws Amendment (Luxury Car Tax) Bill 2008 - Third reading* Yes No   Yes Yes Yes
25/09/2008 Senate Excise Legislation Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2008 - Independent second reading amendment* Yes No   Yes Yes Yes
25/09/2008 Senate Excise Legislation Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2008 - Second reading* Yes No   Yes Yes Yes
25/09/2008 Committee Excise Legislation Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2008; Excise Tariff Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2008 - Government requests for amendments* Yes No   Yes Yes Yes
25/09/2008 Senate Excise Legislation Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2008; Excise Tariff Amendment (Condensate) Bill 2008 - Third reading* Yes No   Yes Yes Yes
13/10/2008 Senate Transport - Curfew at Canberra airport* No No   Yes Yes Yes
13/10/2008 Committee Safe Work Australia Bill 2008 - Independent amendments No Yes   Yes Yes Yes
13/10/2008 Committee Safe Work Australia Bill 2008 - Subclauses 28(2) to 28(5), 28(8), 30(2) to 30(5), 30(8) and Division 4 of Part 4 stand as printed Yes No   No No No
13/10/2008 Committee Safe Work Australia Bill 2008 - Subclauses 38(2) and 42(2) stand as printed Yes No   No No No
14/10/2008 Senate Economics - Financial institutions executives - Pay levels* No No   Yes Yes Yes
14/10/2008 Senate Social Issues - Anti-Poverty Week* No No   Yes Yes Yes
15/10/2008 Senate Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws—Superannuation) Bill 2008 - AG second reading amendment* No No   Yes No Yes
15/10/2008 Senate Family and Community Services - Pensions* No No   Yes Yes Yes
15/10/2008 Senate Immigration - Anniversary of the SIEV X* No No   Yes Yes Yes
15/10/2008 Senate Finance - Termination payouts for executives* No No   Yes Yes Yes
16/10/2008 Committee Financial System Legislation Amendment (Financial Claims Scheme and Other Measures) Bill 2008 - AG amendment* No No   Yes No Yes
16/10/2008 Committee Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy Surcharge Thresholds) Bill (No. 2) 2008 - AG/Xenophon amendments* Yes No   Yes Yes Yes
16/10/2008 Senate Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy Surcharge Thresholds) Bill (No. 2) 2008 - Third reading* Yes No   Yes Yes Yes
16/10/2008 Committee Family Law Amendment (De Facto Financial Matters and Other Measures) Bill 2008 - Opp amendment to Govt request for amendment# No Yes   No Yes No
10/11/2008 Committee Safe Work Australia Bill 2008 - Committee not insist on amendments to which the House has disagreed Yes No   No No No
10/11/2008 Senate Economics Committee - Extension of time to report on inquiry into economic regeneration funds Yes No   No No No
10/11/2008 Committee Offshore Petroleum Amendment (Greenhouse Gas Storage) Bill 2008 - AG amendment* No No   Yes No No
11/11/2008 Senate Independent reviewer of Terrorism Laws Bill 2008 [No. 2] Consideration No Yes   Yes No Yes
12/11/2008 Senate National Fuelwatch (Empowering Consumers) Bill 2008 and a related bill-Second reading# Yes No   Yes Yes No
12/11/2008 Senate Environment-Uranium exports* No No   Yes Yes Yes
12/11/2008 Committee Same-Sex Relationships [Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws-Superannuation] Bill 2008-Opposition amendment No Yes   Yes Yes Yes
12/11/2008 Committee Same-Sex Relationships [Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws-Superannuation] Bill 2008-AG amendment* No No   Yes No No
12/11/2008 Committee Same-Sex Relationships (Equal Treatment in Commonwealth Laws-General Law Reform) Bill 2008 - AG amendment* No No   Yes No -
13/11/2008 Senate Environment-global population* No No   Yes No Yes
13/11/2008 Senate Select Committee on the Integrity of the Prime Ministers Office - Proposed establishment# No Yes   No Yes No
13/11/2008 Senate Independent Review of Terrorism Laws Bill 2008 [No. 2] - Second reading No Yes   Yes Yes Yes
24/11/2008 Senate Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Economic Security Strategy) Bill 2008 - AG second reading amendment* No No   Yes No -
25/11/2008 Senate Economics Committee - Proposed extension of time to report* No Yes   No No No
25/11/2008 Senate Family and Community Services - GROCERYchoice website* No No   Yes No Yes
25/11/2008 Senate Foreign Affairs - International Aid* No No   Yes No Yes
25/11/2008 Committee Water Amendment Bill 2008 - Opp amendment No Yes   Yes No No
25/11/2008 Committee Water Amendment Bill 2008 - Opp/AG amendments No Yes   Yes Yes Yes
25/11/2008 Committee Water Amendment Bill 2008 - AG amendment No Yes   Yes Yes Yes
26/11/2008 Committee Water Amendment Bill 2008 - AG amendment No Yes   Yes Yes Yes
26/11/2008 Senate Selection of Bills Committee report no.16 of 2008 - Motion that the report be adopted - Proposed AG amendment* No No   Yes Yes Yes
26/11/2008 Senate Family and community services - GROCERYchoice website# No Yes   No No No
26/11/2008 Committee Guarantee Scheme for Large Deposits and Wholesale Funding Appropriation Bill 2008 - AG amendment* No No   Yes No Yes
27/11/2008 Committee Water Amendment Bill 2008 - Opp amendment No Yes   Yes Yes Yes
27/11/2008 Committee Water Amendment Bill 2008 - Opp amendment* Yes Yes   No Yes Yes
27/11/2008 Committee Water Amendment Bill 2008 - AG amendment to proposed Opp amendment* No No   Yes Yes -
27/11/2008 Committee Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Emergency Response Consolidation) Bill 2008 - Schedule 1, item 10, clause 13 stand as printed* Yes Yes   No Yes Yes
27/11/2008 Committee Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Emergency Response Consolidation) Bill 2008 - Schedule 3, items 1 to 9 stand as printed Yes No   Yes No No
27/11/2008 Committee Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Emergency Response Consolidation) Bill 2008 - Opp amendment No Yes   No Yes Yes
27/11/2008 Senate Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Emergency Response Consolidation) Bill 2008 - Third reading No Yes   No Yes Yes
1/12/2008 Senate States - COAG meeting - Western Australia Treasurer# No Yes   No No Yes
1/12/2008 Senate Environmental and Natural Resource Management Guidelines - Proposed disallowance* No Split   Yes Yes Yes
1/12/2008 Committee Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 5) Bill 2008 - AG/Joyce/Xenophon amendments* No Split   Yes Yes Yes
2/12/2008 Senate Schools Assistance Bill 2008 - AG second reading amendment* No No   Yes Yes -
2/12/2008 Committee Schools Assistance Bill 2008 - AG amendments* No No   Yes No No
2/12/2008 Committee Schools Assistance Bill 2008 - Clause 22 stand as printed# Yes No   Yes No Yes
2/12/2008 Committee Water Amendment Bill 2008 - Motion that the Senate not insist on its amendments disagreed to by the House, and agree to the amendment made by the House to one amendment* Yes Yes   No No No
3/12/2008 Committee Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Television Switch-Over) Bill 2008 - Opp amendments No Yes   No Yes Yes
3/12/2008 Senate Economics - Economic strategy* No Yes   No No No
3/12/2008 Senate Environment - Australia's native forests* No No   Yes No No
4/12/2008 Senate Industry - Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme* No Yes   No Yes No
4/12/2008 Senate Environment - Recreational shooting of native waterbirds* No No   Yes No No
4/12/2008 Senate Administration - Tasmania - Renaming of electoral division* No No   Yes No Yes
4/12/2008 Senate Environment - Koala habitat* No No   Yes No Yes
4/12/2008 Committee Nation-building Funds Bill 2008 - Opp amendments No Yes   No Yes Yes
4/12/2008 Committee Nation-building funds Bill 2008 - Opp amendment to AG/0pp amendment* No Yes   No No Yes
4/12/2008 Committee Safe Work Australia Bill 2008 - Motion that the committee not further insist on its amendments Yes No   No No No
4/12/2008 Senate Social Security Legislation Amendment (Employment Services Reform) Bill 2008 - Second reading# Yes No   Yes Yes No
4/12/2008 Committee Social Security and Veterans Entitlements Legislation Amendment (School Requirements) Bill 2008 - AG amendment* No No   Yes Yes Yes
4/12/2008 Committee Nation-building Funds Bill 2008 - Motion that the committee not insist on amendments nos 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 11, 12 and 13* Yes Split   Yes No No
4/12/2008 Committee Nation-building Funds Bill 2008 - Motion that the committee not insist on amendments nos 1, 39, 44, 45, 49, 50, 70, 71 and 78* Yes Yes   No No No
4/12/2008 Committee Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Digital Television Switch-over) Bill 2008 - Motion that the committee agree to Reps amendments nos 2 and 4 to 7 Yes No   Yes No No

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