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senate vote 2007-09-17#4

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Title

  • Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Democratic Plebiscites) Bill 2007 In Committee
  • Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Democratic Plebiscites) Bill 2007 - In Committee - Nuclear sites

Description

  • <p pwmotiontext="moved">That the amendments (<b>Senator Murray&#8217;s</b>) be agreed to.</p>
  • The majority voted against a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2007-09-17.90.1) introduced by Australian Democrats Senator [Andrew Murray](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/wa/andrew_murray).
  • ### Motion text
  • > *(1) Schedule 1, page 3 (after line 4), before item 1, insert;*
  • > *1A After paragraph 7(1)(fa)*
  • > *Insert:*
  • >> *(fb) to conduct plebiscites in communities in which a nuclear facility is to be established; and*
  • > *(2) Schedule 1, item 1, page 4, (after line 5), at the end of the item, add:*
  • >> *(1H) To ensure that communities in which a nuclear facility is to be established have authorised that establishment and have consented to the health, welfare, safety and environmental impacts and risks of the establishment of the nuclear facility, for the purposes of paragraph 7(1)(fb), a plebiscite must be conducted by the Commission in every federal electorate within 0.5km of the boundary of the nuclear facility seeking approval for the establishment of the facility.*