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11 Oct 2012 · 9:06 AM · Division 1

Clean Energy Amendment (International Emissions Trading and Other Measures) Bill 2012

Second reading - Motion to abolish the carbon price
Official title
Clean Energy Amendment (International Emissions Trading and Other Measures) Bill 2012 - Second reading - Motion to abolish 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
69
No
72
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

The majority voted against a motion that: "the House declines to give this bill a second reading and calls on the Government to immediately abolish all liability and scrap the carbon tax"

The motion was introduced by Liberal MP Tony Abbott, Leader of the Opposition.

Since the majority of members voted No, the motion did not succeed and that the bills could continue to be discussed.

Background to the motion

By “carbon tax”, the motion refers to Australia’s carbon pricing mechanism which began on 1 July 2012.(For more information on the carbon pricing mechanism and how it works, please see the Clean Energy Regulator’s website.) The mechanism requires liable entities (a group that includes companies that emit a high level of greenhouse gases) to pay a price for their carbon emissions.

The bills being discussed when the motion was put are a package of seven bills designed to link Australia’s carbon pricing mechanism to overseas emissions trading schemes from 1 July 2015, which is when the Australian carbon pricing mechanism is scheduled to transition to an emissions trading scheme.

This means that Australian "liable entities" (a group that includes companies that emit a high level of greenhouse gases) would be able to trade carbon units with credible overseas emissions trading schemes such as the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme. Such businesses would be able to use eligible international carbon units to meet up to 50 per cent of their annual liability.

The seven bills are:

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
69
No
72
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party067
Liberal Party551
National Party120
Independent03
Australian Greens01
Country Liberal Party10
Katter's Australian Party10

How each member voted

Aye · 69

No · 72

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