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8 Nov 2011 · Division 1

Clean Energy Bill 2011 and related bills

In Committee - Put the question
Official title
Clean Energy Bill 2011 and related bills - In Committee - Put the question

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
36
No
31
Not recorded voting
9

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

What was decided

This division relates to the Policy For a carbon price.

The majority voted in favour of a motion that the question be now put, which was moved by Labor Senator Chris Evans, Leader of the Government in the Senate.

Senator Evans introduced the motion to put an end to the debate, which he said had already taken an "enormous amount of time".(Read the rest of Senator Evans explanation for the amendment here.)

The bills being debated were a package of eighteen bills to implement a carbon pricing mechanism, which is a key policy of the Australian Labor Party while in Government.

The eighteen bills were:

Background to the bills

The carbon pricing mechanism would commence on 1 July 2012. It is an emissions trading scheme that will put a price on carbon emissions. It will apply 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.

For more information on the carbon pricing mechanism and how it works, please see the Clean Energy Regulator’s website.

References

Summary written by They Vote For You contributors. Read it with the debate

Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
36
No
31
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party260
Liberal Party022
Australian Greens90
National Party04
Country Liberal Party01
Deputy Senate President01
Democratic Labor Party01
Independent01
Senate President10
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party01

How each member voted

Aye · 36

No · 31

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