Fed: Troeth decided on migration vote, but keeps her counsel

AAP General News (Australia)
08-14-2006
Fed: Troeth decided on migration vote, but keeps her counsel

CANBERRA, Aug 14 AAP - Liberal senator Judith Troeth says she has made up her mind
on which way to vote on the upcoming contentious migration bill - but she won't say what
that decision is until tomorrow.

Senator Troeth could sink the legislation if she crosses the floor to vote with Labor,
following Family First senator Steve Fielding's announcement yesterday he will vote against
it.

"I have made up my mind but I'll be making it clear in the chamber tomorrow," she told reporters.

"I think every senator has the right to reserve their decision, indeed every member
of parliament, for a variety of reasons.

"I've not said how I'm going to vote. That decision stands and I'll be making it clear tomorrow."

The legislation, introduced earlier this year after a rift with Indonesia over the
granting of protection status to a group of Papuan asylum seekers, would result in the
offshore processing of all boat people to reach Australia.

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