Division Description Changes — Motions — Renewable Energy — 12th Sep 2017

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Title

  • Motions — Renewable Energy
  • Motions - Renewable Energy - Against target and subsidies

Description

  • <p class="speaker">David Leyonhjelm</p>
  • <p>I move:</p>
  • <p class="italic">That the Senate agrees that&#8212;</p>
  • The majority voted against a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2017-09-12.115.1) introduced by Senator [David Leyonhjelm](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/nsw/david_leyonhjelm), which means the motion failed.
  • ### Motion text
  • > *That the Senate agrees that—*
  • > *(a) the renewable energy target should not continue beyond 2023;*
  • > *(b) no scheme to subsidise renewable energy generation or mandate a particular market share for renewable energy generation should replace it; and*
  • > *(c) renewable energy projects not already approved by the Clean Energy Regulator be ineligible to receive subsidies via renewable energy certificates.*
  • <p class="italic">(a) the renewable energy target should not continue beyond 2023;</p>
  • <p class="italic">(b) no scheme to subsidise renewable energy generation or mandate a particular market share for renewable energy generation should replace it; and</p>
  • <p class="italic">(c) renewable energy projects not already approved by the Clean Energy Regulator be ineligible to receive subsidies via renewable energy certificates.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">James McGrath</p>
  • <p>I seek leave to make a short statement.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Stephen Parry</p>
  • <p>Leave is granted for one minute.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">James McGrath</p>
  • <p>The government supports the Renewable Energy Target. Amendments to the Renewable Energy Target were passed by the parliament in 2015 with bipartisan support, which restored investment certainty to the sector.</p>
  • <p>Opposition senators interjecting&#8212;</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Stephen Parry</p>
  • <p>Order on my left! Senator Cameron?</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Doug Cameron</p>
  • <p>Could the minister repeat that? I just couldn't hear a thing.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Stephen Parry</p>
  • <p>The only reason you wouldn't have heard it, Senator Cameron, was because of your interjections. The question is that the motion moved by Senator Leyonhjelm be agreed to.</p>