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7th Oct 2014
Clean Energy Bill 2011 and related bills - Second Reading - Read a second time
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 98% attendance
12th Oct 2011 – Representatives Clean Energy (Fuel Tax Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011 and related bills - Consideration in Detail - Amendment
Summary
EditThe majority voted against an amendment to the Clean Energy (Fuel Tax Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011 that would further limit the coverage of the carbon price so that it would not apply to businesses whose annual use of taxable fuel has a carbon equivalence of less than 25 000 tonnes.
The amendment was introduced by Nationals MP Tony Crook.
The Labor Government opposed the amendment as it considered that the costs of the carbon price had already been addressed by its household assistance package and support for particularly affected industries.(See the discussion on the amendment here. )
The Clean Energy (Fuel Tax Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011 is part of a package of eighteen bills to implement a carbon pricing mechanism, which is a key policy of the Labor Government.
The eighteen bills are:
- Clean Energy Bill 2011
- Clean Energy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011
- Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates Amendments) Bill 2011
- Clean Energy (Household Assistance Amendments) Bill 2011
- Clean Energy (Tax Laws Amendments) Bill 2011
- Clean Energy (Fuel Tax Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011
- Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2011
- Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011
- Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment Bill 2011
- Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment Bill 2011
- Clean Energy (Unit Shortfall Charge—General) Bill 2011
- Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge—Auctions) Bill 2011
- Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge—Fixed Charge) Bill 2011
- Clean Energy (International Unit Surrender Charge) Bill 2011
- Clean Energy (Charges—Customs) Bill 2011
- Clean Energy (Charges—Excise) Bill 2011
- Clean Energy Regulator Bill 2011
- Climate Change Authority Bill 2011
Background to the bills
The carbon pricing mechanism is set to begin on 1 July 2012.(Read more about the carbon pricing mechanism on the Clean Energy Regulator’s website.) It is an emissions trading scheme that puts 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.
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Votes Not passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Bandt Melbourne Australian Greens | No | |
| Australian Labor Party (99% turnout) | 0 Yes – 69 No | |
| Dick Adams Lyons | No | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | No | |
| Sharon Bird Cunningham | No | |
| Chris Bowen McMahon | No | |
| David Bradbury Lindsay | No | |
| Gai Brodtmann Canberra | No | |
| Tony Burke Watson | No | |
| Mark Butler Port Adelaide | No | |
| Anthony Byrne Holt | No | |
| Nick Champion Wakefield | No | |
| Darren Cheeseman Corangamite | No | |
| Jason Clare Blaxland | No | |
| Julie Collins Franklin | No | |
| Greg Combet Charlton | No | |
| Simon Crean Hotham | No | |
| Yvette D'Ath Petrie | No | |
| Michael Danby Melbourne Ports | No | |
| Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | No | |
| Justine Elliot Richmond | No | |
| Kate Ellis Adelaide | No | |
| Craig Emerson Rankin | No | |
| Laurie Ferguson Werriwa | No | |
| Martin Ferguson Batman | No | |
| Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter | No | |
| Peter Garrett Kingsford Smith | No | |
| Steve Georganas Hindmarsh | No | |
| Steve Gibbons Bendigo | No | |
| Julia Gillard Lalor | No | |
| Gary Gray Brand | No | |
| Sharon Grierson Newcastle | No | |
| Alan Griffin Bruce | No | |
| Jill Hall Shortland | No | |
| Chris Hayes Fowler | No | |
| Ed Husic Chifley | No | |
| Stephen Jones Throsby | No | |
| Mike Kelly Eden-Monaro | No | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | No | |
| Andrew Leigh Fraser | No | |
| Kirsten Livermore Capricornia | No | |
| Geoff Lyons Bass | No | |
| Jenny Macklin Jagajaga | No | |
| Richard Marles Corio | No | |
| Robert McClelland Barton | No | |
| Daryl Melham Banks | No | |
| Rob Mitchell McEwen | No | |
| John Murphy Reid | No | |
| Shayne Neumann Blair | No | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | No | |
| Deborah O'Neill Robertson | No | |
| Julie Owens Parramatta | No | |
| Melissa Parke Fremantle | No | |
| Graham Perrett Moreton | No | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | No | |
| Bernie Ripoll Oxley | No | |
| Amanda Rishworth Kingston | No | |
| Michelle Rowland Greenway | No | |
| Nicola Roxon Gellibrand | No | |
| Kevin Rudd Griffith | No | |
| Janelle Saffin Page | No | |
| Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | No | |
| Sid Sidebottom Braddon | No | |
| Stephen Smith Perth | No | |
| Laura Smyth La Trobe | No | |
| Warren Snowdon Lingiari | No | |
| Wayne Swan Lilley | No | |
| Mike Symon Deakin | No | |
| Kelvin Thomson Wills | No | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | No | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | No | |
| Craig Thomson Dobell | Absent | |
| Natasha Griggs Solomon Country Liberal Party | Yes | |
| Anna Burke Chisholm Deputy Speaker | No | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Independent | Yes | |
| Robert Oakeshott Lyne Independent | No | |
| Andrew Wilkie Denison Independent | No | |
| Tony Windsor New England Independent | No | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Katter's Australian Party | Absent | |
| Liberal Party (97% turnout) | 58 Yes – 0 No | |
| Tony Abbott Warringah | Yes | |
| John Alexander Bennelong | Yes | |
| Karen Andrews McPherson | Yes | |
| Kevin Andrews Menzies | Yes | |
| Bob Baldwin Paterson | Yes | |
| Bruce Billson Dunkley | Yes | |
| Bronwyn Bishop Mackellar | Yes | |
| Julie Bishop Curtin | Yes | |
| Jamie Briggs Mayo | Yes | |
| Russell Broadbent McMillan | Yes | |
| Scott Buchholz Wright | Yes | |
| Steven Ciobo Moncrieff | Yes | |
| Peter Dutton Dickson | Yes | |
| Warren Entsch Leichhardt | Yes | |
| Paul Fletcher Bradfield | Yes | |
| Josh Frydenberg Kooyong | Yes | |
| Teresa Gambaro Brisbane | Yes | |
| Joanna Gash Gilmore | Yes | |
| Barry Haase Durack | Yes | |
| Alex Hawke Mitchell | Yes | |
| Joe Hockey North Sydney | Yes | |
| Greg Hunt Flinders | Yes | |
| Steve Irons Swan | Yes | |
| Dennis Jensen Tangney | Yes | |
| Ewen Jones Herbert | Yes | |
| Michael Keenan Stirling | Yes | |
| Craig Kelly Hughes | Yes | |
| Andrew Laming Bowman | Yes | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | Yes | |
| Ian Macfarlane Groom | Yes | |
| Nola Marino Forrest | Yes | |
| Louise Markus Macquarie | Yes | |
| Russell Matheson Macarthur | Yes | |
| Scott Morrison Cook | Yes | |
| Judi Moylan Pearce | Yes | |
| Kelly O'Dwyer Higgins | Yes | |
| Jane Prentice Ryan | Yes | |
| Christopher Pyne Sturt | Yes | |
| Rowan Ramsey Grey | Yes | |
| Don Randall Canning | Yes | |
| Andrew Robb Goldstein | Yes | |
| Stuart Robert Fadden | Yes | |
| Wyatt Roy Longman | Yes | |
| Philip Ruddock Berowra | Yes | |
| Alby Schultz Hume | Yes | |
| Patrick Secker Barker | Yes | |
| Luke Simpkins Cowan | Yes | |
| Peter Slipper Fisher | Yes | |
| Tony Smith Casey | Yes | |
| Alex Somlyay Fairfax | Yes | |
| Andrew Southcott Boothby | Yes | |
| Sharman Stone Murray | Yes | |
| Dan Tehan Wannon | Yes | |
| Alan Tudge Aston | Yes | |
| Malcolm Turnbull Wentworth | Yes | |
| Bert Van Manen Forde | Yes | |
| Ross Vasta Bonner | Yes | |
| Ken Wyatt Hasluck | Yes | |
| Sophie Mirabella Indi | Absent | |
| Mal Washer Moore | Absent | |
| National Party (100% turnout) | 12 Yes – 0 No | |
| Darren Chester Gippsland | Yes | |
| George Christensen Dawson | Yes | |
| John Cobb Calare | Yes | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes | Yes | |
| Tony Crook O'Connor | Yes | |
| John Forrest Mallee | Yes | |
| Luke Hartsuyker Cowper | Yes | |
| Michael McCormack Riverina | Yes | |
| Paul Neville Hinkler | Yes | |
| Ken O'Dowd Flynn | Yes | |
| Bruce Scott Maranoa | Yes | |
| Warren Truss Wide Bay | Yes | |
| Harry Jenkins Scullin Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (97% turnout) | 72 Yes – 74 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.