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3 July 2024 · 1:18 PM · Division 4

Nature Positive (Environment Protection Australia) Bill 2024

Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea
Official title
Nature Positive (Environment Protection Australia) Bill 2024 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea

Second reading agreed to

Aye
82
No
61
Not recorded voting
8

“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 to agree with the main idea of the bill, which means our MPs can now discuss it in more detail. In parliamentary jargon, they voted in favour of reading the bill for a second time.

What are the bills' main idea?

According to the bills digest:

  • The Nature Positive (Environment Protection Australia) Bill 2024 establishes a statutory agency to be known as Environment Protection Australia (EPA), which is to be led by a Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The Bill contains provisions relating to the governance and operation of the CEO and EPA. The CEO is given, directly and indirectly, functions and powers under 9 environmental laws, as provided for by amendments made by the Nature Positive (Environmental Law Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2024.

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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
82
No
60
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party750
Liberal Party033
National Party012
Independent62
Liberal National Party08
Australian Greens03
Centre Alliance10
Katter's Australian Party01
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party01

How each member voted

Aye · 82

No · 60

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