21st Mar 2023, 4:29 PM – Representatives Motions - Climate Change - Don't let a vote happen
Summary
EditThe majority voted in favour of disagreeing with a motion to suspend the usual procedural rules - known as standing orders - to let another motion take place, which means it won't happen.
Motion text
That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the Member for Melbourne from moving the following motion immediately—That the House:
(1) notes the release of the sixth Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change synthesis report on the escalating climate emergency;
(2) notes the statement by the UN Secretary-General that there can be no new coal, oil and gas projects and Australia and other developed countries must phase out coal by 2030; and
(3) calls on the Government to heed the call of the IPCC and the UN Secretary-General and stop approving new coal and gas projects.
Votes Passed by a modest majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
| Party | Votes | |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Greens (100% turnout) | 0 Yes – 4 No | |
| Adam Bandt Melbourne | No | |
| Stephen Bates Brisbane | No | |
| Max Chandler-Mather Griffith | No | |
| Elizabeth Watson-Brown Ryan | No | |
| Australian Labor Party (62% turnout) | 47 Yes – 0 No | |
| Michelle Ananda-Rajah Higgins | Yes | |
| Tony Burke Watson | Yes | |
| Matt Burnell Spence | Yes | |
| Alison Byrnes Cunningham | Yes | |
| Andrew Charlton Parramatta | Yes | |
| Lisa Chesters Bendigo | Yes | |
| Sharon Claydon Newcastle | Yes | |
| Libby Coker Corangamite | Yes | |
| Justine Elliot Richmond | Yes | |
| Cassandra Fernando Holt | Yes | |
| Mike Freelander Macarthur | Yes | |
| Carina Garland Chisholm | Yes | |
| Steve Georganas Adelaide | Yes | |
| Andrew Giles Scullin | Yes | |
| Patrick Gorman Perth | Yes | |
| Ged Kearney Cooper | Yes | |
| Catherine King Ballarat | Yes | |
| Tania Lawrence Hasluck | Yes | |
| Jerome Laxale Bennelong | Yes | |
| Andrew Leigh Fenner | Yes | |
| Sam Lim Tangney | Yes | |
| Zaneta Mascarenhas Swan | Yes | |
| Emma McBride Dobell | Yes | |
| Louise Miller-Frost Boothby | Yes | |
| Brian Mitchell Lyons | Yes | |
| Rob Mitchell McEwen | Yes | |
| Daniel Mulino Fraser | Yes | |
| Peta Murphy Dunkley | Yes | |
| Shayne Neumann Blair | Yes | |
| Brendan O'Connor Gorton | Yes | |
| Fiona Phillips Gilmore | Yes | |
| Sam Rae Hawke | Yes | |
| Gordon Reid Robertson | Yes | |
| Dan Repacholi Hunter | Yes | |
| Tracey Roberts Pearce | Yes | |
| Joanne Ryan Lalor | Yes | |
| Marion Scrymgour Lingiari | Yes | |
| Sally Sitou Reid | Yes | |
| David Smith Bean | Yes | |
| Anne Stanley Werriwa | Yes | |
| Meryl Swanson Paterson | Yes | |
| Susan Templeman Macquarie | Yes | |
| Matt Thistlethwaite Kingsford Smith | Yes | |
| Kate Thwaites Jagajaga | Yes | |
| Maria Vamvakinou Calwell | Yes | |
| Tim Watts Gellibrand | Yes | |
| Tony Zappia Makin | Yes | |
| Anthony Albanese Grayndler | Absent | |
| Anne Aly Cowan | Absent | |
| Chris Bowen McMahon | Absent | |
| Linda Burney Barton | Absent | |
| Josh Burns Macnamara | Absent | |
| Mark Butler Hindmarsh | Absent | |
| Jim Chalmers Rankin | Absent | |
| Jason Clare Blaxland | Absent | |
| Julie Collins Franklin | Absent | |
| Pat Conroy Shortland | Absent | |
| Mark Dreyfus Isaacs | Absent | |
| Luke Gosling Solomon | Absent | |
| Julian Hill Bruce | Absent | |
| Ed Husic Chifley | Absent | |
| Stephen Jones Whitlam | Absent | |
| Matt Keogh Burt | Absent | |
| Peter Khalil Wills | Absent | |
| Madeleine King Brand | Absent | |
| Richard Marles Corio | Absent | |
| Kristy McBain Eden-Monaro | Absent | |
| Clare O'Neil Hotham | Absent | |
| Alicia Payne Canberra | Absent | |
| Graham Perrett Moreton | Absent | |
| Tanya Plibersek Sydney | Absent | |
| Amanda Rishworth Kingston | Absent | |
| Michelle Rowland Greenway | Absent | |
| Bill Shorten Maribyrnong | Absent | |
| Anika Wells Lilley | Absent | |
| Josh Wilson Fremantle | Absent | |
| Rebekha Sharkie Mayo Centre Alliance | Absent | |
| Mark Coulton Parkes Deputy Speaker | Absent | |
| Dai Le Fowler Independent | Yes | |
| Zoe Daniel Goldstein Independent | No | |
| Helen Haines Indi Independent | No | |
| Monique Ryan Kooyong Independent | No | |
| Sophie Scamps Mackellar Independent | No | |
| Allegra Spender Wentworth Independent | No | |
| Zali Steggall Warringah Independent | No | |
| Kylea Tink North Sydney Independent | No | |
| Andrew Wilkie Clark Independent | No | |
| Kate Chaney Curtin Independent | Absent | |
| Andrew Gee Calare Independent | Absent | |
| Bob Katter Kennedy Katter's Australian Party | Yes | |
| Liberal National Party (0% turnout) | Absent | |
| Angie Bell Moncrieff | Absent | |
| Colin Boyce Flynn | Absent | |
| Garth Hamilton Groom | Absent | |
| Henry Pike Bowman | Absent | |
| Phillip Thompson Herbert | Absent | |
| Andrew Wallace Fisher | Absent | |
| Andrew Willcox Dawson | Absent | |
| Terry Young Longman | Absent | |
| Liberal Party (17% turnout) | 6 Yes – 0 No | |
| Russell Broadbent Monash | Yes | |
| Paul Fletcher Bradfield | Yes | |
| Zoe McKenzie Flinders | Yes | |
| Tony Pasin Barker | Yes | |
| Bert Van Manen Forde | Yes | |
| Aaron Violi Casey | Yes | |
| Karen Andrews McPherson | Absent | |
| Bridget Archer Bass | Absent | |
| Scott Buchholz Wright | Absent | |
| David Coleman Banks | Absent | |
| Peter Dutton Dickson | Absent | |
| Warren Entsch Leichhardt | Absent | |
| Ian Goodenough Moore | Absent | |
| Andrew Hastie Canning | Absent | |
| Alex Hawke Mitchell | Absent | |
| Luke Howarth Petrie | Absent | |
| Julian Leeser Berowra | Absent | |
| Sussan Ley Farrer | Absent | |
| Nola Marino Forrest | Absent | |
| Melissa McIntosh Lindsay | Absent | |
| Scott Morrison Cook | Absent | |
| Ted O'Brien Fairfax | Absent | |
| Gavin Pearce Braddon | Absent | |
| Melissa Price Durack | Absent | |
| Rowan Ramsey Grey | Absent | |
| Stuart Robert Fadden | Absent | |
| James Stevens Sturt | Absent | |
| Michael Sukkar Deakin | Absent | |
| Angus Taylor Hume | Absent | |
| Dan Tehan Wannon | Absent | |
| Ross Vasta Bonner | Absent | |
| Jenny Ware Hughes | Absent | |
| Rick Wilson O'Connor | Absent | |
| Keith Wolahan Menzies | Absent | |
| Jason Wood La Trobe | Absent | |
| National Party (8% turnout) | 1 Yes – 0 No | |
| Michael McCormack Riverina | Yes | |
| Sam Birrell Nicholls | Absent | |
| Darren Chester Gippsland | Absent | |
| Pat Conaghan Cowper | Absent | |
| David Gillespie Lyne | Absent | |
| Kevin Hogan Page | Absent | |
| Barnaby Joyce New England | Absent | |
| Michelle Landry Capricornia | Absent | |
| David Littleproud Maranoa | Absent | |
| Llew O'Brien Wide Bay | Absent | |
| Keith Pitt Hinkler | Absent | |
| Anne Webster Mallee | Absent | |
| Milton Dick Oxley Speaker | Absent | |
| Totals (45% turnout) | 56 Yes – 12 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.