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The government has lost a vote on the floor of the House of Representatives, which passed a motion urging the government to accept New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s offer to resettle 150 refugees held on Manus Island.
Trade minister Steve Ciobo and backbencher Warren Entsch were absent from the vote, triggering the 73-72 loss after all crossbenchers, bar Kennedy MP Bob Katter, supported the motion. While speaker Tony Smith allowed the vote to take place again once Ciobo and Entsch were present, it marked the second time the government had lost a vote in the House. Greens MP Adam Bandt, who moved the motion, said “some government MPs didn’t think men languishing in horror was important enough to turn up and vote on” …
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Alex McKinnon, The Saturday Paper
