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9th Oct 2014
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 and related bills - Second reading - Read a second time
Passed by a small majority
No rebellions 92% attendance
2nd Dec 2013, 8:34 PM – Senate Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013 and related bills — First Reading — Consider the legislation together
Summary
EditThe majority voted against a motion that the bills be considered together.
This means that each of the eleven bills will have to be considered separately.
The eleven bills are a package to remove the carbon pricing mechanism, which was introduced by the Australian Labor Party while in government. The Coalition described the mechanism as a “carbon tax” and removing it was a key policy platform during the 2013 election.(You can read more about the Coalition's policy to remove the carbon price here. )
The eleven bills are:
- Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013
- True-up Shortfall Levy (General) (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013
- True-up Shortfall Levy (Excise) (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013
- Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013
- Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013
- Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013
- Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013
- Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013
- Climate Change Authority (Abolition) Bill 2013
- Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates and Other Amendments) Bill 2013
- Clean Energy Finance Corporation (Abolition) Bill 2013
Background to the bills
The carbon pricing mechanism commenced 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 puts a price on carbon emissions. It applies to “liable entities” (a group that includes companies that emit a high level of greenhouse gases). Initially the price of carbon is fixed by the mechanism but from 1 July 2015 the price will be set by the market, though the Labor Government did announce plans to bring this forward to 1 July 2014 just before they were defeated by the Coalition in the 2013 election.
Votes Not passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Greens (100% turnout) | 0 Yes – 9 No | |
| Richard Di Natale Victoria | No | |
| Sarah Hanson-Young SA | No | |
| Scott Ludlam WA | No | |
| Christine Milne Tasmania | No | |
| Lee Rhiannon NSW | No | |
| Rachel Siewert WA | No | |
| Larissa Waters Queensland | No | |
| Peter Whish-Wilson Tasmania | No | |
| Penny Wright SA | No | |
| Australian Labor Party (83% turnout) | 0 Yes – 25 No | |
| Catryna Bilyk Tasmania | No | |
| Doug Cameron NSW | No | |
| Kim Carr Victoria | No | |
| Stephen Conroy Victoria | No | |
| Sam Dastyari NSW | No | |
| Don Farrell SA | No | |
| Mark Furner Queensland | No | |
| Alex Gallacher SA | No | |
| Sue Lines WA | No | |
| Joe Ludwig Queensland | No | |
| Kate Lundy ACT | No | |
| Anne McEwen SA | No | |
| Jan McLucas Queensland | No | |
| Claire Moore Queensland | No | |
| Deborah O'Neill NSW | No | |
| Nova Peris NT | No | |
| Helen Polley Tasmania | No | |
| Louise Pratt WA | No | |
| Lisa Singh Tasmania | No | |
| Ursula Stephens NSW | No | |
| Glenn Sterle WA | No | |
| Lin Thorp Tasmania | No | |
| Mehmet Tillem Victoria | No | |
| Anne Urquhart Tasmania | No | |
| Penny Wong SA | No | |
| Mark Bishop WA | Absent | |
| Carol Brown Tasmania | Absent | |
| Jacinta Collins Victoria | Absent | |
| John Faulkner NSW | Absent | |
| Gavin Marshall Victoria | Absent | |
| Nigel Scullion NT Country Liberal Party | Yes | |
| John Madigan Victoria Democratic Labor Party | No | |
| Stephen Parry Tasmania Deputy President | Yes | |
| Nick Xenophon SA Independent | No | |
| Liberal Party (85% turnout) | 23 Yes – 0 No | |
| Cory Bernardi SA | Yes | |
| Simon Birmingham SA | Yes | |
| Sue Boyce Queensland | Yes | |
| David Bushby Tasmania | Yes | |
| Michaelia Cash WA | Yes | |
| Richard Colbeck Tasmania | Yes | |
| Sean Edwards SA | Yes | |
| Alan Eggleston WA | Yes | |
| David Fawcett SA | Yes | |
| Concetta Fierravanti-Wells NSW | Yes | |
| Mitch Fifield Victoria | Yes | |
| Bill Heffernan NSW | Yes | |
| David Johnston WA | Yes | |
| Helen Kroger Victoria | Yes | |
| Ian Macdonald Queensland | Yes | |
| Brett Mason Queensland | Yes | |
| Marise Payne NSW | Yes | |
| Michael Ronaldson Victoria | Yes | |
| Anne Ruston SA | Yes | |
| Scott Ryan Victoria | Yes | |
| Zed Seselja ACT | Yes | |
| Arthur Sinodinos NSW | Yes | |
| Dean Smith WA | Yes | |
| Eric Abetz Tasmania | Absent | |
| Christopher Back WA | Absent | |
| George Brandis Queensland | Absent | |
| Mathias Cormann WA | Absent | |
| National Party (50% turnout) | 2 Yes – 0 No | |
| Bridget McKenzie Victoria | Yes | |
| John Williams NSW | Yes | |
| Ron Boswell Queensland | Absent | |
| Fiona Nash NSW | Absent | |
| Nick Xenophon SA Nick Xenophon Team | Absent | |
| John Hogg Queensland President | No | |
| Totals (85% turnout) | 27 Yes – 37 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.