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12 Oct 2011 · Division 9

Clean Energy Bill 2011 and related bills

First Reading - Proceed without formalities
Official title
Clean Energy Bill 2011 and related bills - First Reading - Proceed without formalities

Ayes 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
34
No
30
Not recorded voting
11

“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 in favour of a motion that these bills may proceed without formalities.

This is a procedural motion which "has the effect of suspending the requirements, otherwise imposed by the standing orders, for stages of the passage of the bill or bills to take place on different days, for notice of motions for such stages, and for the printing and certification of the bill or bills during passage". By passing this motion, the Senate was then able to vote on whether to read the bill for the first time.(That division is available to read here. )

Background to the bills

The Clean Energy Bill 2011 and seventeen related bills are designed to introduce the carbon pricing mechanism,(For more detail about the carbon pricing mechanism and how it works, please see the Clean Energy Regulator’s website.) which will commence on 1 July 2012. It is an emissions trading scheme that puts a price on carbon emissions. It applies to “liable entities” (a group that includes companies that emit a high level of greenhouse gases). Initially the price of carbon will be fixed by the mechanism but from 1 July 2015 the price will be set by the market.

The eighteen bills were:

References

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Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
34
No
30
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party240
Liberal Party022
Australian Greens90
National Party04
Country Liberal Party01
Deputy Senate President01
Democratic Labor Party01
Independent01
Senate President10

How each member voted

Aye · 34

No · 30

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