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4 Dec 2018 · 5:12 PM · Division 13

Climate Change

Withdraw from Paris Climate Accord
Official title
Documents - Climate Change - Withdraw from Paris Climate Accord

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
4
No
32
Not recorded voting
40

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

What was decided

Senator Cory Bernardi (SA, Australian Conservatives) moved a motion:

That the Senate—

(a) notes the commencement of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland, that is critical to financing the Green Climate Fund (the Fund) that aims to spend USD $100 billion per year by 2020;

(b) commends the Morrison Government for rejecting the latest request for additional Australian taxpayer contribution to the Fund; and

(c) calls upon the Federal Government to follow the example of the United States of America and other nations and withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord.

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Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

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Aye
4
No
32
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party013
Australian Greens09
Liberal Party16
Nick Xenophon Team02
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party20
Derryn Hinch's Justice Party01
Independent01
National Party10

How each member voted

Aye · 4

No · 32

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