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20 Mar 2012 · 4:29 PM · Division 2

Coal Seam Gas

Address uncertainty about coal seam gas emissions
Official title
Motions - Coal Seam Gas - Address uncertainty about coal seam gas emissions

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
11
No
27
Not recorded voting
38

“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 Greens Senator Christine Milne, which was:

That the Senate-

(a) notes:

  • (i) that there is uncertainty about the level of leakage, flaring and venting of methane during coal seam gas prospecting, extraction, transport and processing, and
  • (ii) an accurate measurement of these 'fugitive' emissions is necessary to assess the claims of the coal seam gas industry that electricity production fuelled by coal seam gas is substantially less emission intensive than electricity production fuelled by coal; and

(b) orders that there be laid on the table, by 22 March 2012, the study by George Wilkenfeld and Associates Pty Ltd titled Updated scope 3 emissions factors for natural gas consumed in Australia, based on NGERS data, redacting where necessary any aspects of the study that are commercially sensitive.

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Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

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Aye
11
No
27
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party013
Liberal Party010
Australian Greens90
National Party03
Deputy Senate President01
Democratic Labor Party10
Independent10

How each member voted

Aye · 11

No · 27

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