@AuSenate is there a protocol for someone abstaining for a vote? Do they just not go to the chamber, or stand in between, or something else?
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Replying to @lanesainty
From Odgers: "Senators who wish to abstain in a vote can do so only be absenting themselves from the floor of the chamber."
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Replying to @AuSenate @lanesainty
but if a division is called, and they're in the chamber... can they leave?
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Replying to @timothy_89 @lanesainty
Yes - until the bells stop ringing and the doors are locked
10:31 PM - 6 Nov 2016
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