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12 Oct 2011 · Division 1

Clean Energy Bill 2011 and related bills

Consideration in Detail - Government amendmentsAmendment

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

Official title
Clean Energy Bill 2011 and related bills - Consideration in Detail - Government amendments

Ayes 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
74
No
72
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 in favour of a number of Government amendments to the Clean Energy Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011, the Clean Energy (Household Assistance Amendments) Bill 2011 and the Clean Energy Regulator Bill 2011.(The amendments are available to read here and here. ) The amendments were introduced by Labor MP Greg Combet.

The four bills are part of a package of eighteen bills to implement a carbon pricing mechanism, which is a key policy of the Australian Labor Party while in Government.

The eighteen bills are:

Background to the bills

The carbon pricing mechanism is set to commence on 1 July 2012.(For more information on the carbon pricing mechanism and how it works, please see the Clean Energy Regulator’s website.) It is an emissions trading scheme that will put a price on carbon emissions. It will apply to “liable entities” (a group that includes companies that emit a high level of greenhouse gases). Initially the price of carbon will be fixed by the mechanism but from 1 July 2015 the price will be set by the market.

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
74
No
72
Votes by party as a table
PartyAyeNo
Australian Labor Party690
Liberal Party058
National Party012
Independent30
Australian Greens10
CWM10
Country Liberal Party01
Katter's Australian Party01

How each member voted

Aye · 74

No · 72

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