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27 Aug 2008 · 4:08 PM · Division 1

Gunns Pulp Mill

Provide the report on potential marine impact
Official title
Motions - Gunns Pulp Mill - Provide the report on potential marine impact

Noes in the majority

This says only which side won the vote, because what Aye and No meant here depends on the exact question put in the chamber.

Aye
6
No
49
Not recorded voting
21

“Not recorded voting” is everyone eligible who isn't recorded as Aye or No, for example absent, paired, or presiding.

What was decided

The majority voted against a motion put by Greens Senator Christine Milne, which means that it was rejected. The motion was:

"_That there be laid on the table, no later than 4 pm on 28 August 2008, the report prepared for the Federal Government by Dr Michael Herzfeld, a Coastal Environmental Modeller with the Marine and Atmospheric Research section of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in conjunction with the Gunns Pulp Mill Independent Expert Group on the potential marine impact of effluent from the Gunns pulp mill._"

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Votes by party

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Aye
7
No
50
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party027
Liberal Party019
Australian Greens50
National Party03
Deputy Senate President01
Family First Party10
Independent10

How each member voted

Aye · 7

No · 50

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