Hi Pirates -
Voting after Congress closed on the weekend. I put out a couple of conflicting messages about exactly when voting would close - I apologise unreservedly for this.
Results can be viewed on the voting server for at least the next couple of weeks, and also below.
https://voting.pirateparty.org.au/elections/7y2jBc6D5Ht51t/
Constitutional Amendment Proposals
For the CAPs we have both a 20% quorum and a three-quarters majority vote. We’ve had about 23% participation and so I’m delighted to announce that we’ve achieved the quorum.
Adopt CAP-0: Clean up the position descriptions in section 3.2
- Aye 74
- Nay 1
- Abstain 4
Adopt CAP-1: Timing of online voting
- Aye 69
- Nay 2
- Abstain 8
Adopt CAP-2: Procedures in the event of the National Council dropping below quorum
- Aye 69
- Nay 1
- Abstain 9
Policy Motions and Position Statements
For policy motions, we have no quorum and a two-thirds majority vote.
Adopt PM-1: Domestic Violence terminology
- Aye 67
- Nay 3
- Abstain 9
Adopt PM-2: Update environment policy
- Aye 76
- Nay 0
- Abstain 3
Adopt PM-3: Update energy policy
- Aye 75
- Nay 1
- Abstain 3
Adopt PM-4: Disaster Relief Fund (Climate Change)
- Aye 67
- Nay 2
- Abstain 10
Adopt PM-5: Set the proposed Universal Basic Income at the poverty rate
- Aye 72
- Nay 1
- Abstain 6
Adopt PM-6B: Remove the Job Guarantee Policy and replace it with a section endorsing the limited experimentation of novel economic ideas
- Aye 64
- Nay 5
- Abstain 10
Adopt PS-1: Rent Seeking and Bureaucracy
- Aye 65
- Nay 2
- Abstain 12
Adopt PS-2: Free Speech, Hate Speech and Section 18C
- Aye 60
- Nay 6
- Abstain 13
By-election update
Nobody nominated for the by-elections of Deputy Treasurer and Deputy Secretary. The National Council is now empowered to appoint people to these positions under 10.1(8)(d) of the party constitution.