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25 Mar 2015 · 5:25 PM · Division 11

Great Barrier Reef

Galilee BasinProcedural motion

A vote on how Parliament conducts its business, not on a law itself.

Official title
Business - Great Barrier Reef - Galilee Basin

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
11
No
38
Not recorded voting
25

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

What was decided

Motion text

That the Senate—

(a) notes:

(i) the recent report of the Australian Coral Reef Society which stated that policies for a safe climate are inconsistent with the opening of new fossil fuel industries like the mega coal mines of the Galilee Basin, and

(ii) the comments of Professor Terry Hughes on ABC Radio that it is an impossible task to open up the mega coal mines of the Galilee Basin while sustaining the Great Barrier Reef for future generations; and

(b) agrees that Galilee Basin coal must stay in the ground in order to protect the Great Barrier Reef.

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Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

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Aye
11
No
38
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party016
Liberal Party012
Australian Greens100
National Party03
Palmer United Party11
Country Liberal Party01
Deputy Senate President01
Family First Party01
Liberal Democratic Party01
Liberal National Party01
Senate President01

How each member voted

Aye · 11

No · 38

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