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16 May 2024 · 6:32 PM · Division 27

Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Legislation Amendment (Safety and Other Measures) Bill 2024

Committee of the whole - Repeal of EPBC approval amendmentsAmendment

A vote on changing the text of a bill or motion, not on passing it.

Official title
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Legislation Amendment (Safety and Other Measures) Bill 2024 - Committee of the whole - Repeal of EPBC approval amendments

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
26
No
33
Not recorded voting
16

“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 an amendment introduced by Queensland Senator Susan McDonald (Nationals), which means it failed.

Amendment text

(1) Schedule 2, item 6, page 61 (line 9), omit "Subject to paragraph (1C)(b) and subsection (6), if", substitute "If".

What is paragraph (1C)(b) and subsection (6)?

(1C) If subparagraph (1A)(c)(ii) applies in relation to the designated regulations, then:

(a) ...

(b) subsection (1) does not apply in relation to conduct engaged in in relation to a relevant action on or after the earliest day on which any of the provisions of the designated regulations commence.

(6) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to conduct engaged in in accordance with regulations (the designated regulations ) if:

(a) other regulations are prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) (the prescribed regulations ); and

(b) the designated regulations amended or replaced some or all of the prescribed regulations; and

(c) all of the provisions of the designated regulations commenced after the end of the period of 12 months starting on the day the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Legislation Amendment (Safety and Other Measures) Act 2024 receives the Royal Assent.

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Votes by party

Both bars use the same scale: number of members.
Aye
26
No
33
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party020
Liberal Party170
Australian Greens010
National Party30
Liberal National Party20
Australia's Voice01
Country Liberal Party10
Deputy Senate President10
Independent01
Senate President01
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party10
United Australia Party10

How each member voted

Aye · 26

No · 33

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