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18 Oct 2018 · 12:32 PM · Division 6

Underground Coal Gasification

Ban
Official title
Motions - Underground Coal Gasification - Ban

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
12
No
32
Not recorded voting
32

“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 introduced by Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young (SA), which means it failed.

Motion text

That the Senate:

(a) notes that:

(i) Leigh Creek Energy has produced its first syngas using underground coal gasification (UCG), and

(ii) UCG was banned in 2016 in Queensland after the Linc Energy disaster in Chinchilla, which was declared Queensland's worst environmental disaster;

(b) further notes that UCG has been responsible for incidents of poisoning the water table and contaminating soil and air, and has been linked to an increase in cancers, including lung and breast cancers; and

(c) calls on the Federal Government to urgently intervene and stop the Leigh Creek project from progressing any further and ban UCG across the country.

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Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

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Aye
12
No
32
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Liberal Party015
Australian Labor Party09
Australian Greens80
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party21
National Party02
Nick Xenophon Team02
Country Liberal Party01
Derryn Hinch's Justice Party10
Independent10
Liberal Democratic Party01
Liberal National Party01

How each member voted

Aye · 12

No · 32

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