Mark Bishop (WA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Order! There being 31 ayes and 31 noes, the votes are equal. The effect of this vote is that the disposal of the bills proceed without the request. The rationale for this outcome is that the requests required majority support to be made in the first place. The equally divided rule indicates there is no longer a majority in favour of proceeding with the request and the bills therefore proceed to the next stage in their original form.

Resolution reported.