Division Description Changes — Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation — 9th Feb 2006

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senate vote 2006-02-09#1 Edited by mackay staff on 2016-06-30 14:03:52	Title ~~Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation~~ Motions - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation - Renewable energy Description ~~<p class="speaker">Christine Milne</p>~~ ~~<p>I move:</p>~~ <dl><dt></dt><dd>That the Senate—<dl><dt>(a)</dt><dd>notes:<dl><dt>(i)</dt><dd>the announcement by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) that it will redirect its energy research work away from renewable energy towards ‘cleaning up’ coal, a priority of the Australian Government,</dd><dt>(ii)</dt><dd>a breakthrough in solar energy technology, developed by the CSIRO and a private company, with a turbine that has the potential to replace coal-fired power stations in 20 years, and</dd><dt>(iii)</dt><dd>that the CSIRO has had to look offshore for investment funding to advance its work on the solar turbine technology; and</dd></dl></dd><dt>(b)</dt><dd>calls on the Australian Government to re-prioritise its policy and funding objectives to provide more support for renewable energy so that Australian breakthrough research is not forced offshore for further development and commercialisation.</dd></dl></dd></dl><p>Question put.</p> The majority voted against a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2006-02-09.14.2) introduced by Greens Senator [Christine Milne](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/christine_milne). ### Motion text > That the Senate— *> (a)** notes:* *>> (i)** the announcement by the [Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Scientific_and_Industrial_Research_Organisation) (CSIRO) that it will redirect its energy research work away from [renewable energy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy) towards ‘cleaning up’ coal, a priority of the Australian Government,* >> (ii) a breakthrough in [solar energy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_energy) technology, developed by the CSIRO and a private company, with a [turbine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbine) that has the potential to replace coal-fired power stations in 20 years, and >> (iii) that the CSIRO has had to look offshore for investment funding to advance its work on the solar turbine technology; and *> (b)** calls on the Australian Government to re-prioritise its policy and funding objectives to provide more support for renewable energy so that Australian breakthrough research is not forced offshore for further development and commercialisation.*

~~Christine Milne~~
~~I move:~~
<dl><dt></dt><dd>That the Senate—<dl><dt>(a)</dt><dd>notes:<dl><dt>(i)</dt><dd>the announcement by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) that it will redirect its energy research work away from renewable energy towards ‘cleaning up’ coal, a priority of the Australian Government,</dd><dt>(ii)</dt><dd>a breakthrough in solar energy technology, developed by the CSIRO and a private company, with a turbine that has the potential to replace coal-fired power stations in 20 years, and</dd><dt>(iii)</dt><dd>that the CSIRO has had to look offshore for investment funding to advance its work on the solar turbine technology; and</dd></dl></dd><dt>(b)</dt><dd>calls on the Australian Government to re-prioritise its policy and funding objectives to provide more support for renewable energy so that Australian breakthrough research is not forced offshore for further development and commercialisation.</dd></dl></dd></dl>Question put.
The majority voted against a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2006-02-09.14.2) introduced by Greens Senator [Christine Milne](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/christine_milne).
### Motion text
> *That the Senate—*
> *(a) notes:*
>> *(i) the announcement by the [Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Scientific_and_Industrial_Research_Organisation) (CSIRO) that it will redirect its energy research work away from [renewable energy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy) towards ‘cleaning up’ coal, a priority of the Australian Government,*
>> *(ii) a breakthrough in [solar energy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_energy) technology, developed by the CSIRO and a private company, with a [turbine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbine) that has the potential to replace coal-fired power stations in 20 years, and*
>> *(iii) that the CSIRO has had to look offshore for investment funding to advance its work on the solar turbine technology; and*
> *(b) calls on the Australian Government to re-prioritise its policy and funding objectives to provide more support for renewable energy so that Australian breakthrough research is not forced offshore for further development and commercialisation.*