Australian Senate "Energy Motion": Government has had no choice but to walk away from funding coal-fired power stations

HANSARD

Senator DI NATALE (Victoria—Leader of the Australian Greens) (16:59): I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that the Government has had no choice but to walk away from funding coal-fired power stations as they now look to invest in storage technologies to support the unstoppable potential of clean energy;

(b) acknowledges that thermal coal is in structural decline and has no long-term future in Australia; and

(c) urges the Government to implement a just transition plan for the benefit of coal workers, before it is too late.

The Senate divided. [17:05]

(The President—Senator Parry)

DIVISION:AYES 31 (2 majority) NOES 29 PAIRS 6
AYES	NOES	PAIRS
Bilyk, CL Cameron, DN Chisholm, A Collins, JMA Dastyari, S Di Natale, R Dodson, P Gallacher, AM Gallagher, KR Griff, S Hanson-Young, SC Kakoschke-Moore, S Ketter, CR Lines, S Ludlam, S Marshall, GM McCarthy, M McKim, NJ Moore, CM O’Neill, DM Polley, H Pratt, LC Rhiannon, L Rice, J Siewert, R Singh, LM Sterle, G Urquhart, AE (teller) Watt, M Whish-Wilson, PS Xenophon, N	Bilyk, CL	Cameron, DN	Chisholm, A	Collins, JMA	Dastyari, S	Di Natale, R	Dodson, P	Gallacher, AM	Gallagher, KR	Griff, S	Hanson-Young, SC	Kakoschke-Moore, S	Ketter, CR	Lines, S	Ludlam, S	Marshall, GM	McCarthy, M	McKim, NJ	Moore, CM	O’Neill, DM	Polley, H	Pratt, LC	Rhiannon, L	Rice, J	Siewert, R	Singh, LM	Sterle, G	Urquhart, AE (teller)	Watt, M	Whish-Wilson, PS	Xenophon, N	Abetz, E Back, CJ Bernardi, C Birmingham, SJ Burston, B Bushby, DC (teller) Canavan, MJ Cash, MC Duniam, J Fawcett, DJ Fierravanti-Wells, C Hanson, P Hinch, D Hume, J Leyonhjelm, DE Macdonald, ID McGrath, J McKenzie, B O’Sullivan, B Parry, S Paterson, J Payne, MA Reynolds, L Roberts, M Ruston, A Scullion, NG Seselja, Z Sinodinos, A Smith, D	Abetz, E	Back, CJ	Bernardi, C	Birmingham, SJ	Burston, B	Bushby, DC (teller)	Canavan, MJ	Cash, MC	Duniam, J	Fawcett, DJ	Fierravanti-Wells, C	Hanson, P	Hinch, D	Hume, J	Leyonhjelm, DE	Macdonald, ID	McGrath, J	McKenzie, B	O’Sullivan, B	Parry, S	Paterson, J	Payne, MA	Reynolds, L	Roberts, M	Ruston, A	Scullion, NG	Seselja, Z	Sinodinos, A	Smith, D	Brown, CL Georgiou, P Carr, KJ Brandis, GH Kitching, K Cormann, M McAllister, J Ryan, SM Waters, LJ Williams, JR Wong, P Nash,	Brown, CL	Georgiou, P	Carr, KJ	Brandis, GH	Kitching, K	Cormann, M	McAllister, J	Ryan, SM	Waters, LJ	Williams, JR	Wong, P	Nash,
Bilyk, CL	Cameron, DN
Chisholm, A	Collins, JMA
Dastyari, S	Di Natale, R
Dodson, P	Gallacher, AM
Gallagher, KR	Griff, S
Hanson-Young, SC	Kakoschke-Moore, S
Ketter, CR	Lines, S
Ludlam, S	Marshall, GM
McCarthy, M	McKim, NJ
Moore, CM	O’Neill, DM
Polley, H	Pratt, LC
Rhiannon, L	Rice, J
Siewert, R	Singh, LM
Sterle, G	Urquhart, AE (teller)
Watt, M	Whish-Wilson, PS
Xenophon, N
Abetz, E	Back, CJ
Bernardi, C	Birmingham, SJ
Burston, B	Bushby, DC (teller)
Canavan, MJ	Cash, MC
Duniam, J	Fawcett, DJ
Fierravanti-Wells, C	Hanson, P
Hinch, D	Hume, J
Leyonhjelm, DE	Macdonald, ID
McGrath, J	McKenzie, B
O’Sullivan, B	Parry, S
Paterson, J	Payne, MA
Reynolds, L	Roberts, M
Ruston, A	Scullion, NG
Seselja, Z	Sinodinos, A
Smith, D
Brown, CL	Georgiou, P
Carr, KJ	Brandis, GH
Kitching, K	Cormann, M
McAllister, J	Ryan, SM
Waters, LJ	Williams, JR
Wong, P	Nash,

Energy Motion 

Division

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Well done to all the Senators who supported this motion it is fantastic!

The Worker