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5 Mar 2015 · Division 1

Coal Seam Gas

Official title
Motions — Coal Seam Gas

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
15
No
30
Not recorded voting
30

“Not recorded voting” is everyone eligible who isn't recorded as Aye or No, for example absent, paired, or presiding.

What was decided

Senator Larissa Waters moved the following motion:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

  • (i) the Victorian National Party announced in February 2015 that they 'support landowners having the right to say no to coal seam gas extraction activity on their land',
  • (ii) the National, Liberal and Labor parties voted down the Greens' Landholders' Right to Refuse (Gas and Coal) Bill 2013 in March 2014, a bill which would have given landholders the right to say no to coal seam gas extraction activity on their land, and

(b) the Greens re-introduced the Landholders' Right to Refuse (Gas and Coal) Bill on 4 March 2015; and

(b) agrees that landowners anywhere in Australia should have the right to say no to coal seam gas extraction activity on their land.

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Votes by party

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Aye
15
No
30
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party016
Liberal Party011
Australian Greens100
Palmer United Party20
Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party10
Democratic Labor Party10
Family First Party01
Independent10
Liberal Democratic Party01
Liberal National Party01

How each member voted

Aye · 15

No · 30

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