12th Nov 2015, 12:42 PM – Senate Motions - OECD Coal Subsidies - Exclude dirtiest coal fired power stations

The same number of senators voted for and against this motion, which means the motion failed. It was introduced by Queensland Senator Larissa Waters (Greens).

Motion text

That the Senate—

(a) notes:

(i) the importance of transitioning to lower polluting forms of energy generation,

(ii) that the United States of America (US) and Japan have agreed to limit Organisation for Economic Co operation and Development (OECD) subsidies to the most efficient types of coal power plants,

(iii) the fact that subsidies from the OECD export credit agencies to coal fired power stations in developing nations constitute an obstacle to the transition to clean energy in those nations, and

(iv) reports that the Turnbull Government is set to block a proposal from the US and Japan to remove OECD export credit subsidies for the dirtiest coal fired power stations in developing nations; and

(b) calls on the Turnbull Government to support the proposal from the US and Japan to exclude the dirtiest coal fired power stations from receiving OECD export credit subsidies.