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4 Dec 2008 · 10:39 AM · Division 4

Koala Habitat

Protect Bermagui habitat
Official title
Motions - Koala Habitat - Protect Bermagui habitat

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
5
No
50
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 to protect koala habitat in the Bermagui region, which was introduced by Greens Senator Bob Brown.

Motion wording

That the Senate—

(a) welcomes the reported decision of the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment (Ms Tebbutt) to spend $1.23 million on a recovery plan for koalas, including revegetating koala habitat; and

(b) calls on the New South Wales Government to halt logging of any koala habitat forest including that in the Bermagui region on the state’s south coast.

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Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

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Aye
6
No
51
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party025
Liberal Party019
Australian Greens50
National Party03
Deputy Senate President01
Family First Party01
Independent10
Senate President01
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party01

How each member voted

Aye · 6

No · 51

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