Appropriation Bill (No. 1) 2024-2025 and four others

The majority voted against an amendment introduced by Tasmanian Senator Nick McKim (Greens), which means it failed. The amendment would have added the text below to the usual second reading motion, which is "that the bill be read a second time" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea).

Amendment text

At the end of the motion, add “, but the Senate is of the view that:

(a) public money should not be used to support the new extraction and burning of coal and gas, while there is a climate crisis;

(b) the proportion of the $566 million for Geoscience Australia to map coal and gas reserves and providing this information to coal and gas corporations for free should be removed from the budget; and

(c) the $1.5 billion equity injection to facilitate the construction of the Middle Arm Gas and Petrochemical Hub should be removed from the Contingency Reserve .”