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3 Apr 2019 · 1:03 PM · Division 7

Murray-Darling Basin

Repeal 1,500 GL limit
Official title
Motions - Murray-Darling Basin - Repeal 1,500 GL limit

Ayes 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
33
No
30
Not recorded voting
13

“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 in favour of a motion introduced by SA Senator Rex Patrick (Centre Alliance), which means it succeeded. Motions like these don't make any legal changes on their own, but they are politically influential since they represent the will of the Senate.

Motion text

That—

(1) The Senate:

(a) notes that:

(i) the Murray Darling Royal Commission recommended that future water recovery for the environment, including the 450 GL, should be purchased through buyback, which requires repeal of the 1,500 GL cap on buybacks in section 85C of the Water Act 2007, and

(ii) the future environmental health of the Murray-Darling Basin relies on additional water recovery; and

(b) calls on the Federal Government to support the urgent repeal of the 1,500 GL limit on Commonwealth water purchases.

(2) This resolution be communicated to the House of Representatives for concurrence.

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Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

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Aye
33
No
30
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party200
Liberal Party020
Australian Greens90
Independent12
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party03
Liberal National Party02
Nick Xenophon Team20
Deputy Senate President01
Derryn Hinch's Justice Party10
Liberal Democratic Party01
National Party01

How each member voted

Aye · 33

No · 30

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