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senate vote 2018-02-13#3
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2018-04-06 16:04:07
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Title
Motions — Donations to Political Parties- Motions - Donations to Political Parties - Mining and resources
Description
<p class="speaker">Lee Rhiannon</p><p>I move:</p><p class="italic">That the Senate—</p>- The majority voted against a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2018-02-13.126.2), which means it failed.
- ### Motion text
- > *That the Senate—*
- > *(a) notes that:*
- >> *(i) in McCloy v New South Wales (2015), the High Court found that prohibiting political donations from a certain industry was permissible if the prohibition was proportionate to the risk of actual or perceived corruption,*
- >> *(ii) a 2016 report from 350.org, found that fossil fuel companies would receive $7.7 billion in rebates and credits for the 2016-17 financial year, had made $3.7 million in political donations since the preceding election, and that this equated to $2,000 in rebates and credits for every $1 donated, and*
- >> *(iii) in 2016-17, the Liberal, National and Labor parties received at least $477,111 from Woodside Energy, Santos, the Minerals Council of Australia, Whitehaven Coal and Adani Mining; and*
- > *(b) calls on the Government to prohibit political donations from mineral resources or mining industry business entities and their industry representative organisations.*
<p class="italic">(a) notes that:</p><p class="italic">  (i) in <i>McCloy v New South Wales</i> (2015), the High Court found that prohibiting political donations from a certain industry was permissible if the prohibition was proportionate to the risk of actual or perceived corruption,</p><p class="italic">  (ii) a 2016 report from 350.org, found that fossil fuel companies would receive $7.7 billion in rebates and credits for the 2016-17 financial year, had made $3.7 million in political donations since the preceding election, and that this equated to $2,000 in rebates and credits for every $1 donated, and</p><p class="italic">  (iii) in 2016-17, the Liberal, National and Labor parties received at least $477,111 from Woodside Energy, Santos, the Minerals Council of Australia, Whitehaven Coal and Adani Mining; and</p><p class="italic">(b) calls on the Government to prohibit political donations from mineral resources or mining industry business entities and their industry representative organisations.</p> <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p><p>The question is that the motion moved by Senator Rhiannon be agreed to.</p>
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