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1 Sept 2014 · Division 14

Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Repeal) Bill 2014

Second Reading - Read a second time
Official title
Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Repeal) Bill 2014 - Second Reading - Read a second time

Second reading agreed to

Aye
82
No
53
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 agree with the main idea of the bill and that the members can now discuss it in more detail.

Background to the bill

The bill was introduced to abolish the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA),(Read more about ARENA on the organisation's website.) which is an independent agency that was established in 2012 to manage the government's renewable energy programs. It has two objectives:

  • to improve the competitiveness of renewable energy technologies; and
  • to increase the supply of renewable energy in Australia.

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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
82
No
53
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Liberal Party670
Australian Labor Party049
National Party130
Independent02
Australian Greens01
CWM01
Country Liberal Party10
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party10

How each member voted

Aye · 82

No · 53

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