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27 June 2013 · 12:18 PM · Division 6

Carbon Pricing

Stop the increase in the carbon price
Official title
Motions - Carbon Pricing - Stop the increase in the carbon price

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
33
No
37
Not recorded voting
6

“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 moved by Liberal Senator Helen Kroger, which was:

That the Senate calls on the Government to bring forward urgently a bill to provide that the legislated increase in the carbon tax from 1 July 2013 does not proceed.

Background to the motion

The carbon pricing mechanism, which the Opposition calls a "carbon tax", began 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).(Read more about the carbon pricing mechanism and how it applies here.)

Initially the price of carbon is fixed by the mechanism and is set to increase each financial year. From 1 July 2015, the price will be set by the market.

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
37
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Liberal Party270
Australian Labor Party026
Australian Greens09
National Party20
Senate President02
Country Liberal Party10
Deputy Senate President10
Democratic Labor Party10
Independent10

How each member voted

Aye · 33

No · 37

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