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11 Oct 2011 · Division 2

Carbon Pricing

Suspension of Standing and Sessional OrdersProcedural motion

A vote on how Parliament conducts its business, not on a law itself.

Official title
Motions - Carbon Pricing - Suspension of Standing and Sessional Orders

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
72
No
74
Not recorded voting
4

“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 Liberal MP Tony Abbott, the Leader of the Opposition. This means that the motion is rejection.

The motion was:

That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Warringah moving immediately:

That this House calls on the Prime Minister to explain to the Australian people the following:

(1) why this is the right time to introduce the world’s largest carbon tax despite growing economic uncertainty; and(By "carbon tax", Mr Abbott is referring to the carbon pricing mechanism, which will begin on 1 July 2012. )

(2) why it is right for the Prime Minister to break her solemn pledge that “there will be no carbon tax under a government I lead” by bringing in this tax without the consent of the people.(Read more about this promise, made by Prime Minister Julia Gillard, on ABC's The Drum.)

References

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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
72
No
74
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party069
Liberal Party590
National Party120
Independent03
Australian Greens01
CWM01
Country Liberal Party10

How each member voted

Aye · 72

No · 74

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