Emergency Response Fund Bill 2019 and another

The majority voted against a second reading amendment introduced by NSW Senator Mehreen Faruqi (Greens), which means it failed. Had this amendment succeeded, its words would have been added to the usual second reading motion "that the bills be read a second time, which is parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bills.

Amendment text

At the end of the motion, add:

", but the Senate

(a) notes that the fossil fuel industry is contributing to climate change, leading to more frequent and more intense natural disasters;

(b) notes that imposing a 10 per cent royalty on projects subject to the Petroleum Resource Rent Tax would raise $5 billion in real terms over two years;

(c) is of the opinion that the Education Investment Fund should not be abolished and should only be used for education and research infrastructure; and

(d) calls upon the Government to introduce legislation to place a Commonwealth royalty on oil and gas projects to create a resilience and emergency relief fund for natural disasters."