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19 Mar 2009 · 9:49 AM · Division 2

Protect the Swift Parrot

Deliberate Actions and Recovery Plan
Official title
Motions - Protect the Swift Parrot - Deliberate Actions and Recovery Plan

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
36
Not recorded voting
35

“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 introduced by Senator [Bob Brown] (https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/bob_brown), which means it failed.

Motion text

That the Senate noting the words of the Government (Minister for Human Services, Senator Ludwig) in the Senate on 17 March 2009 that, ‘Under the EPBC Act the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts can do much more than prevent any deliberate actions which would increase the prospect of the swift parrot going to extinction’:

(a) calls on the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts (Mr Garrett) to act, well within these powers, to prevent any deliberate action which would increase the prospect of Australia’s swift parrot becoming extinct; and

(b) calls on the Government to inform the Senate by 12 May 2009 whether the swift parrot recovery plans meet International Union for the Conservation of Nature requirements.

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Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

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Aye
6
No
37
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party022
Liberal Party011
Australian Greens50
Country Liberal Party01
Deputy Senate President01
Family First Party01
Independent10
Senate President01

How each member voted

Aye · 6

No · 37

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