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13th Feb 2015
Bills – Environment Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 – in Committee – Amendment: extend protections to all threatened species
Not passed by a small majority
No rebellions 51% attendance
9th Dec 2013, 8:35 PM – Representatives Environment Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 - Consideration in Detail - Keep power to make major environmental approvals with federal minister
Summary
EditThe majority voted against an amendment that would ensure that the federal government kept the power to make major environmental approvals rather than handing that power over to state governments. The amendment was introduced by Greens MP Adam Bandt.
This means that the majority of MPs disagreed with the amendment.
Debate in Parliament
Liberal MP Greg Hunt said that the government rejects the amendment because "we support one-stop shops".
Labor MP Mark Butler said that the Labor Party supported the amendment because the national environment minister should always have the capacity to deal with matters of national environmental significance.
Background to the bill
The Environment Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 was introduced in response to the Federal Court’s decision in Tarkine National Coalition Incorporated v Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities () FCA 694.(The Tarkine is an area in north west Tasmania. For more information on the case, see this case note. The case is available to read on AustLII.)
Votes Not passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Bandt Melbourne Australian Greens | Yes | |
| Australian Labor Party (91% turnout) | 49 Yes – 0 No | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | Yes | |
| Sharon Bird Cunningham | Yes | |
| Chris Bowen McMahon | Yes | |
| Gai Brodtmann Canberra | Yes | |
| Tony Burke Watson | Yes | |
| Mark Butler Port Adelaide | Yes | |
| Anthony Byrne Holt | Yes | |
| Jim Chalmers Rankin | Yes | |
| Nick Champion Wakefield | Yes | |
| Lisa Chesters Bendigo | Yes | |
| Sharon Claydon Newcastle | Yes | |
| Julie Collins Franklin | Yes | |
| Pat Conroy Charlton | Yes | |
| Michael Danby Melbourne Ports | Yes | |
| Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | Yes | |
| Justine Elliot Richmond | Yes | |
| Kate Ellis Adelaide | Yes | |
| David Feeney Batman | Yes | |
| Laurie Ferguson Werriwa | Yes | |
| Joel Fitzgibbon Hunter | Yes | |
| Andrew Giles Scullin | Yes | |
| Alan Griffin Bruce | Yes | |
| Jill Hall Shortland | Yes | |
| Chris Hayes Fowler | Yes | |
| Ed Husic Chifley | Yes | |
| Stephen Jones Throsby | Yes | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | Yes | |
| Andrew Leigh Fraser | Yes | |
| Jenny Macklin Jagajaga | Yes | |
| Alannah Mactiernan Perth | Yes | |
| Richard Marles Corio | Yes | |
| Rob Mitchell McEwen | Yes | |
| Shayne Neumann Blair | Yes | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | Yes | |
| Clare O'Neil Hotham | Yes | |
| Julie Owens Parramatta | Yes | |
| Melissa Parke Fremantle | Yes | |
| Graham Perrett Moreton | Yes | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | Yes | |
| Bernie Ripoll Oxley | Yes | |
| Amanda Rishworth Kingston | Yes | |
| Michelle Rowland Greenway | Yes | |
| Joanne Ryan Lalor | Yes | |
| Wayne Swan Lilley | Yes | |
| Matt Thistlethwaite Kingsford Smith | Yes | |
| Kelvin Thomson Wills | Yes | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | Yes | |
| Tim Watts Gellibrand | Yes | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | Yes | |
| Anna Burke Chisholm | Absent | |
| Jason Clare Blaxland | Absent | |
| Gary Gray Brand | Absent | |
| Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | Absent | |
| Warren Snowdon Lingiari | Absent | |
| Natasha Griggs Solomon Country Liberal Party | Absent | |
| Bruce Scott Maranoa Deputy Speaker | No | |
| Andrew Wilkie Denison Independent | Yes | |
| Cathy McGowan Indi Independent | Absent | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Katter's Australian Party | Absent | |
| Liberal Party (90% turnout) | 0 Yes – 66 No | |
| John Alexander Bennelong | No | |
| Karen Andrews McPherson | No | |
| Kevin Andrews Menzies | No | |
| Bob Baldwin Paterson | No | |
| Bruce Billson Dunkley | No | |
| Jamie Briggs Mayo | No | |
| Russell Broadbent McMillan | No | |
| Mal Brough Fisher | No | |
| Scott Buchholz Wright | No | |
| Steven Ciobo Moncrieff | No | |
| David Coleman Banks | No | |
| Peter Dutton Dickson | No | |
| Warren Entsch Leichhardt | No | |
| Paul Fletcher Bradfield | No | |
| Josh Frydenberg Kooyong | No | |
| Teresa Gambaro Brisbane | No | |
| Ian Goodenough Moore | No | |
| Alex Hawke Mitchell | No | |
| Sarah Henderson Corangamite | No | |
| Peter Hendy Eden-Monaro | No | |
| Luke Howarth Petrie | No | |
| Greg Hunt Flinders | No | |
| Eric Hutchinson Lyons | No | |
| Dennis Jensen Tangney | No | |
| Ewen Jones Herbert | No | |
| Michael Keenan Stirling | No | |
| Craig Kelly Hughes | No | |
| Andrew Laming Bowman | No | |
| Craig Laundy Reid | No | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | No | |
| Ian Macfarlane Groom | No | |
| Nola Marino Forrest | No | |
| Louise Markus Macquarie | No | |
| Russell Matheson Macarthur | No | |
| Karen McNamara Dobell | No | |
| Scott Morrison Cook | No | |
| Andrew Nikolic Bass | No | |
| Kelly O'Dwyer Higgins | No | |
| Tony Pasin Barker | No | |
| Christian Porter Pearce | No | |
| Melissa Price Durack | No | |
| Christopher Pyne Sturt | No | |
| Rowan Ramsey Grey | No | |
| Stuart Robert Fadden | No | |
| Wyatt Roy Longman | No | |
| Philip Ruddock Berowra | No | |
| Fiona Scott Lindsay | No | |
| Luke Simpkins Cowan | No | |
| Tony Smith Casey | No | |
| Andrew Southcott Boothby | No | |
| Sharman Stone Murray | No | |
| Ann Sudmalis Gilmore | No | |
| Michael Sukkar Deakin | No | |
| Angus Taylor Hume | No | |
| Dan Tehan Wannon | No | |
| Alan Tudge Aston | No | |
| Malcolm Turnbull Wentworth | No | |
| Bert Van Manen Forde | No | |
| Nickolas Varvaris Barton | No | |
| Ross Vasta Bonner | No | |
| Brett Whiteley Braddon | No | |
| Lucy Wicks Robertson | No | |
| Matt Williams Hindmarsh | No | |
| Rick Wilson O'Connor | No | |
| Jason Wood La Trobe | No | |
| Ken Wyatt Hasluck | No | |
| Tony Abbott Warringah | Absent | |
| Julie Bishop Curtin | Absent | |
| Joe Hockey North Sydney | Absent | |
| Steve Irons Swan | Absent | |
| Jane Prentice Ryan | Absent | |
| Don Randall Canning | Absent | |
| Andrew Robb Goldstein | Absent | |
| National Party (100% turnout) | 0 Yes – 14 No | |
| Andrew Broad Mallee | No | |
| Darren Chester Gippsland | No | |
| George Christensen Dawson | No | |
| John Cobb Calare | No | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes | No | |
| David Gillespie Lyne | No | |
| Luke Hartsuyker Cowper | No | |
| Kevin Hogan Page | No | |
| Barnaby Joyce New England | No | |
| Michelle Landry Capricornia | No | |
| Michael McCormack Riverina | No | |
| Ken O'Dowd Flynn | No | |
| Keith Pitt Hinkler | No | |
| Warren Truss Wide Bay | No | |
| Clive Palmer Fairfax Palmer United Party | Absent | |
| Bronwyn Bishop Mackellar Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (89% turnout) | 51 Yes – 81 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.