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11 Feb 2020 · 4:15 PM · Division 4

Nuclear Energy

Australia as a nuclear-free zone
Official title
Motions - Nuclear Energy - Australia as a nuclear-free zone

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
29
No
35
Not recorded voting
12

“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 South Australian Senator Sarah Hanson-Young (Greens), which means it passed. Motions like these don't make any legal changes on their own but are politically influential because they represent the will of the Senate.

Motion text

That the Senate:

(a) affirms its commitment to a complete moratorium on nuclear energy, as expressed in the Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Act 1998 and the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999;

(b) notes the devastating and lasting impacts of the nuclear disasters in Fukushima, Chernobyl and Three Mile Island; and

(c) call on all Ministers to commit to Australia being a nuclear-free zone.

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Policies this vote counts towards

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
29
No
35
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Liberal Party024
Australian Labor Party190
Australian Greens90
National Party03
Liberal National Party02
Nick Xenophon Team02
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party02
Country Liberal Party01
Jacqui Lambie Network01
Senate President10

How each member voted

Aye · 29

No · 35

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