[systoll]

44-12 doesn’t really tell you much about the solidity of this position in the Australian parliament.

The Liberal & Labor parties both decided among themselves to support it, and have policies that lead to 100% of MPs following the party line.

(Don’t know if it’s a good idea for Australia, but it’s the game-theoretically correct thing for the parties to do under the rules we have, so...)

No-one ‘crossed the floor’, voting against their party, because it gets you kicked out of your party. [Automatically, if you’re a Labor MP]

They knew they wouldn’t change the outcome here, and they’d be out of the conversation going forward.

In particular, Labor gave the measure 100% of its votes, but it seems like the only way the party got majority support for it is by agreeing to vote to repeal and amend it next session. It was not a solid agreement.