Australian Senate, last sitting of the year. No idea when the Social Media Ban debate is kicking off.

If anyone’s keen, feel free to give a live run-down of anything interesting in this thread.

(sorry about all the edits, just trying to get a decent thumbnail: elevated photo of the Australian Senate)

    • BadlyDrawnRhino @aussie.zone
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      25 days ago

      Not a surprise that all of Labor voted yes, given their party policy around caucus solidarity. I’d be interested to see a list of people opposed to this bill behind closed doors.

      I’ve really come to despise Labor’s policy of not crossing the floor. I get their desire to show a united front, but it really makes it hard for regular folk to track how the party is shifting if we don’t ever see who supports what on an individual level.

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      25 days ago

      None of the cross-bench

      None of the cross-bench in the Senate. But 4 of the independent MPs.

      Ms Chaney, Mr Gee, Dr Haines, Ms Spender

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        24 days ago

        Cool. I was referring to last night’s Senate vote that passed 34-19.