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25 June 2012 · 8:24 PM · Division 3

Clean Energy Finance Corporation Bill 2012

Second Reading - Read a second time
Official title
Clean Energy Finance Corporation Bill 2012 - Second Reading - Read a second time

Second reading agreed to

Aye
33
No
28
Not recorded voting
15

“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 to read the bill for a second time.

This means that the majority of senators agree with the main idea of the bill, which was to establish the Clean Energy Finance Corporation.

Now the bill can be discussed in greater detail.

Background to the bill

The bill was introduced to establish the Clean Energy Finance Corporation as a body corporate and establish the Clean Energy Finance Corporation Special Account.(Learn more about the Clean Energy Finance Corporation on Radio National Breakfast. ) The development and managing of this account is referred at as the 'investment mandate'.(Read more about the investment mandate here. See also the Clean Energy Finance Corporation Investment Mandate Direction 2013 here.) Its purpose is to invest strategically in renewable energy, low emissions and energy efficiency projects and technologies in Australia.

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
33
No
28
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party240
Liberal Party023
Australian Greens80
National Party03
Deputy Senate President01
Democratic Labor Party01
Senate President10

How each member voted

Aye · 33

No · 28

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