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20 June 2013 · 12:11 PM · Division 4

National Parks

Protect
Official title
Motions - National Parks - Protect

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
9
No
30
Not recorded voting
37

“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 to protect Australia's national parks, which was introduced by Greens Senator Larissa Waters.

Wording of the motion

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) Australians are outraged that our national parks are under threat from logging, grazing, shooting and tourism developments, and

(ii) it is too late to secure by regulation national protection for national parks in this parliamentary term; and

(b) calls on the Government to act on its promise to protect our national parks by amending the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 before this Parliament rises.

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
9
No
30
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party017
Australian Greens90
Liberal Party08
Senate President02
Deputy Senate President01
Democratic Labor Party01
National Party01

How each member voted

Aye · 9

No · 30

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