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senate vote 2006-11-27#4
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Newcastle City Council- Motions - Newcastle City Council - Renewables and public transport
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<p class="speaker">Bob Brown</p><p>I move:</p><dl><dt></dt><dd>That the Senate supports the following resolution of Newcastle City Council:<dl><dt></dt><dd>Newcastle City Council recognises the urgent need to protect local and global environments from increasing greenhouse gas emissions and to reduce Newcastle’s role in that increase.</dd><dt></dt><dd>Therefore Newcastle City Council:<dl><dt> 1.</dt><dd>Recommends that the NSW Government establishes a cap on coal exports from Newcastle at existing levels.</dd><dt> 2.</dt><dd>Recommends that the NSW Government initiates an independent Inquiry into the environmental, social and economic sustainability of the current coal industry and proposed expansion of the Hunter Valley coal industry.</dd><dt> 3.</dt><dd>Recommends that pending such an Inquiry, the NSW Government initiates a moratorium on new coal mine approvals at Anvil Hill and elsewhere in NSW.</dd><dt> 4.</dt><dd>Calls on the NSW and Federal Governments to establish a mandatory renewable energy target of 25% by 2020, with 20% by 2014 as a first step, in keeping with targets set by the South Australian Government.</dd><dt> 5.</dt><dd>Calls on the NSW Government to establish a contribution of 10c/tonne on coal exports through the Port of Newcastle to fund a community trust to be administered through Hunter Councils, to support a transition to a clean energy economy in the Hunter and to invest in local renewable energy projects.</dd><dt> 6.</dt><dd>Calls on the NSW Government to build a more efficient public transport system in the Hunter, linking major regional cities defined in the Lower Hunter Regional Strategy.</dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl><p>Question put.</p>- The majority voted against a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2006-11-27.56.2) introduced by Greens Senator [Bob Brown](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/bob_brown), which means it was rejected.
- ### Motion text
- > *That the Senate supports the following resolution of Newcastle City Council:*
- > *Newcastle City Council recognises the urgent need to protect local and global environments from increasing greenhouse gas emissions and to reduce Newcastle’s role in that increase.*
- > *Therefore Newcastle City Council:*
- >> *1. Recommends that the NSW Government establishes a cap on coal exports from Newcastle at existing levels.*
- >> *2. Recommends that the NSW Government initiates an independent Inquiry into the environmental, social and economic sustainability of the current coal industry and proposed expansion of the Hunter Valley coal industry.*
- >> *3. Recommends that pending such an Inquiry, the NSW Government initiates a moratorium on new coal mine approvals at Anvil Hill and elsewhere in NSW.*
- >> *4. Calls on the NSW and Federal Governments to establish a mandatory renewable energy target of 25% by 2020, with 20% by 2014 as a first step, in keeping with targets set by the South Australian Government.*
- >> *5. Calls on the NSW Government to establish a contribution of 10c/tonne on coal exports through the Port of Newcastle to fund a community trust to be administered through Hunter Councils, to support a transition to a clean energy economy in the Hunter and to invest in local renewable energy projects.*
- >> *6. Calls on the NSW Government to build a more efficient public transport system in the Hunter, linking major regional cities defined in the Lower Hunter Regional Strategy.*
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