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3 Dec 2018 · 4:18 PM · Division 5

Farmers' and Landholders' Rights

Right to refuse
Official title
Motions - Farmers' and Landholders' Rights - Right to refuse

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
13
No
33
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

The majority voted against a motion introduced by Greens Senators Sarah Hanson-Young and Larissa Waters, which means it failed.

Motion text

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) the South Australian Marshall Government has, this week, been debating the impacts of mining in South Australia,

(ii) farming communities are opposed to progress of the Mining Act, citing inadequate consultation and seeking the right to protect their land, and

(iii) the Landholders' Right to Refuse (Gas and Coal) Bill 2015 is currently on the Senate Notice Paper; and

(b) calls on the South Australian Government to support farmers and landholders' right to refuse unconventional gas and underground coal gasification.

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Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

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Aye
13
No
33
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party014
Liberal Party013
Australian Greens80
National Party03
Liberal National Party02
Nick Xenophon Team20
Derryn Hinch's Justice Party10
Independent10
Liberal Democratic Party01
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party10

How each member voted

Aye · 13

No · 33

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