7 Feb 2023 · 6:26 PM · Division 6
Matters of Urgency
- Official title
- Matters of Urgency - Global Biodiversity Framework - End native forest logging
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
- 27
- Not recorded voting
- 35
“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 South Australian Senator Sarah Hanson-Young (Greens), which means it failed.
Motion text
*That in order to meet the targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework agreed to at COP15 in December 2022, including conserving 30% of land and sea and halting
extinction by 2030, the Government must put an immediate end to native forest logging and the destruction of habitat for new coal and gas projects.*
Summary written by They Vote For You contributors. Read it with the debate
Policies this vote counts towards
- Australia's timber industrySupporters vote No
- Federal government action on animal & plant extinctionsSupporters vote Aye
- Protecting threatened forest and bushland habitatsSupporters vote Aye
Votes by party
Votes by party as a table
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Labor Party | 1 | 19 |
| Australian Greens | 10 | 0 |
| Liberal Party | 0 | 5 |
| Independent | 2 | 0 |
| Liberal National Party | 0 | 2 |
| Australia's Voice | 0 | 1 |
How each member voted
Aye · 13
- Penny Allman-PayneQueensland · Greens
- Mehreen FaruqiNSW · Greens
- Sarah Hanson-YoungSA · Greens
- Nick McKimTasmania · Greens
- Barbara PocockSA · Greens
- Janet RiceVictoria · Greens
- David ShoebridgeNSW · Greens
- Jordon Steele-JohnWA · Greens
- Larissa WatersQueensland · Greens
- Peter Whish-WilsonTasmania · Greens
- Dorinda CoxWA · Labor
- David PocockACT · Independent
- Lidia ThorpeVictoria · Independent
No · 27
- Fatima PaymanWA · Australia's Voice
- Catryna BilykTasmania · Labor
- Carol BrownTasmania · Labor
- Anthony ChisholmQueensland · Labor
- Raff CicconeVictoria · Labor
- Don FarrellSA · Labor
- Nita GreenQueensland · Labor
- Karen GroganSA · Labor
- Jenny McAllisterNSW · Labor
- Malarndirri McCarthyNT · Labor
- Deborah O'NeillNSW · Labor
- Helen PolleyTasmania · Labor
- Louise PrattWA · Labor
- Tony SheldonNSW · Labor
- Marielle SmithSA · Labor
- Jana StewartVictoria · Labor
- Anne UrquhartBraddon · Labor
- Jess WalshVictoria · Labor
- Murray WattQueensland · Labor
- Linda WhiteVictoria · Labor
- Matthew CanavanQueensland · LNP
- James McGrathQueensland · LNP
- Wendy AskewTasmania · Liberal
- Michaelia CashWA · Liberal
- Claire ChandlerTasmania · Liberal
- Andrew McLachlanSA · Liberal
- Paul ScarrQueensland · Liberal
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