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senate vote 2012-06-25#6 Edited by system on 2014-10-07 16:20:51	Title Description ~~The majority voted in favour of a [http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2012-06-25.132.1 motion] to read the bills a third time.~~ This means that the bills are passed in the Senate and, as they have already passed in the House of Representatives, they will now be sent to the Governor-General for royal assent so they can become law. ~~''Background to the bill''~~ The three bills are a package to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_pricing_in_Australia carbon pricing mechanism].(Read the government's explanation of the bills [http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2012-06-18.219.1 here]. ) This would mean that the carbon pricing mechanism would apply to compressed natural gas from 1 July 2012. It would also apply to non-transport liquid petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas from 1 July 2013. ~~The three bills that make up the package are:~~ * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4820 Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012]; * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4821 Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012]; * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4822 Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012] The carbon pricing mechanism is an emissions trading scheme which will commence on 1 July 2012.(See the Clean Energy Regulator’s [http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/Carbon-Pricing-Mechanism/About-the-Mechanism/Pages/default.aspx website] for more information on how it works.) ~~References~~ The majority voted in favour of a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2012-06-25.132.1) to read the bills a third time. This means that the bills are passed in the Senate and, as they have already passed in the House of Representatives, they will now be sent to the Governor-General for royal assent so they can become law. _Background to the bill_ The three bills are a package to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the [carbon pricing mechanism](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_pricing_in_Australia).(Read the government's explanation of the bills [here](http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2012-06-18.219.1). ) This would mean that the carbon pricing mechanism would apply to compressed natural gas from 1 July 2012. It would also apply to non-transport liquid petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas from 1 July 2013. The three bills that make up the package are: - [Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4820); - [Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4821); - [Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4822) The carbon pricing mechanism is an emissions trading scheme which will commence on 1 July 2012.(See the Clean Energy Regulator’s [website](http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/Carbon-Pricing-Mechanism/About-the-Mechanism/Pages/default.aspx) for more information on how it works.) References
senate vote 2012-06-25#6 Edited by system on 2014-10-07 16:16:50	Title Description The majority voted in favour of a [http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2012-06-25.132.1 motion] to read the bills a third time. This means that the bills are passed in the Senate and, as they have already passed in the House of Representatives, they will now be sent to the Governor-General for royal assent so they can become law. ''Background to the bill'' The three bills are a package to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_pricing_in_Australia carbon pricing mechanism].[1] This would mean that the carbon pricing mechanism would apply to compressed natural gas from 1 July 2012. It would also apply to non-transport liquid petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas from 1 July 2013. The three bills are a package to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_pricing_in_Australia carbon pricing mechanism].(Read the government's explanation of the bills [http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2012-06-18.219.1 here]. ) This would mean that the carbon pricing mechanism would apply to compressed natural gas from 1 July 2012. It would also apply to non-transport liquid petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas from 1 July 2013. The three bills that make up the package are: * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4820 Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012]; * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4821 Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012]; * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4822 Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012] ~~The carbon pricing mechanism is an emissions trading scheme which will commence on 1 July 2012.[2]~~ The carbon pricing mechanism is an emissions trading scheme which will commence on 1 July 2012.(See the Clean Energy Regulator’s [http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/Carbon-Pricing-Mechanism/About-the-Mechanism/Pages/default.aspx website] for more information on how it works.) References * [1] Read the government's explanation of the bills [http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2012-06-18.219.1 here]. * [2] See the Clean Energy Regulator’s [http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/Carbon-Pricing-Mechanism/About-the-Mechanism/Pages/default.aspx website] for more information on how it works.
senate vote 2012-06-25#6 Edited by mackay staff on 2014-02-13 15:26:13	Title Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012, Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012, Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012 - Third Reading - Include non-transport gaseous fuels in the carbon price Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012, Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012, Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012 - Third Reading - Read a third time Description The majority voted in favour of a [http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2012-06-25.132.1 motion] to read the bills a third time. ~~<p>The Aye voters succeeded in passing the motion that the package of three bills be read a third time.</p>~~ This means that the bills are passed in the Senate and, as they have already passed in the House of Representatives, they will now be sent to the Governor-General for royal assent so they can become law. <p>This means that the bills are passed in the Senate and, as they have already passed in the House of Representatives, they will now be sent to the Governor-General for royal assent so they can become law.</p> ''Background to the bill'' ~~<p><b>Background to the bill</b></p>~~ The three bills are a package to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_pricing_in_Australia carbon pricing mechanism].[1] This would mean that the carbon pricing mechanism would apply to compressed natural gas from 1 July 2012. It would also apply to non-transport liquid petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas from 1 July 2013. <p>The three bills were a package to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the carbon pricing mechanism. Under the amendments, the carbon pricing mechanism will apply to compressed natural gas from 1 July 2012. It will also apply to non-transport liquid petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas from 1 July 2013.</p> The three bills that make up the package are: * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4820 Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012]; * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4821 Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012]; * [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4822 Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012] ~~<p>The three bills were:</p>~~ ~~<ul><li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4820">Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012</a></li>~~ ~~<li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4821">Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012</a></li>~~ <li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4822">Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012</a></li></ul> The carbon pricing mechanism is an emissions trading scheme which will commence on 1 July 2012.[2] <p><a href="http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22handbook%2Fallmps%2FYW6%22;querytype=;rec=0">Greg Combet MP</a>, who introduced the bills, <a href="http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansardr%2Fa097ab46-bef0-4ed3-b3f0-27f3b075e04e%2F0021;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansardr%2Fa097ab46-bef0-4ed3-b3f0-27f3b075e04e%2F0000%22">said that</a> this amendment was in response to consultation with the gaseous fuel sector, which had “expressed a strong preference to be able to access the carbon market” rather than paying the carbon price through a fuel tax arrangement.</p> <p>The carbon pricing mechanism is an emissions trading scheme which commenced on 1 July 2012. See the Clean Energy Regulator’s <a href="http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/Carbon-Pricing-Mechanism/About-the-Mechanism/Pages/default.aspx">website</a> for more information on how it works.</p> References * [1] Read the government's explanation of the bills [http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2012-06-18.219.1 here]. * [2] See the Clean Energy Regulator’s [http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/Carbon-Pricing-Mechanism/About-the-Mechanism/Pages/default.aspx website] for more information on how it works. <p>As a result of the Coalition's election in 2013, the carbon pricing mechanism will be <a href="http://www.liberal.org.au/scrapping-carbon-tax-and-reducing-cost-living">abolished</a>. It will be replaced by a <a href="http://www.climatechange.gov.au/reducing-carbon/carbon-pricing-policy">Direct Action Plan</a>.</p>
senate vote 2012-06-25#6 Edited by mackay staff on 2013-11-07 12:27:35	Title Description <p>The Aye voters succeeded in passing the motion that the package of three bills be read a third time.</p> <p>This means that the bills are passed in the Senate and, as they have already passed in the House of Representatives, they will now be sent to the Governor-General for royal assent so they can become law.</p> <p>The three bills were a package to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the carbon pricing mechanism. Under the amendments, the carbon pricing mechanism would apply to compressed natural gas from 1 July 2012. It would also apply to non-transport liquid petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas from 1 July 2013.</p> <p><b>Background to the bill</b></p> <p>The three bills were a package to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the carbon pricing mechanism. Under the amendments, the carbon pricing mechanism will apply to compressed natural gas from 1 July 2012. It will also apply to non-transport liquid petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas from 1 July 2013.</p> <p>The three bills were:</p> <ul><li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4820">Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4821">Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4822">Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012</a></li></ul> <p>According to <a href="http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansardr%2Fa097ab46-bef0-4ed3-b3f0-27f3b075e04e%2F0021;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansardr%2Fa097ab46-bef0-4ed3-b3f0-27f3b075e04e%2F0000%22">Greg Combet MP</a>, who introduced the bills into the House of Representatives, this amendment was in response to consultation with the gaseous fuel sector, which had “expressed a strong preference to be able to access the carbon market” rather than paying the carbon price through a fuel tax arrangement.</p> <p><a href="http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22handbook%2Fallmps%2FYW6%22;querytype=;rec=0">Greg Combet MP</a>, who introduced the bills, <a href="http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansardr%2Fa097ab46-bef0-4ed3-b3f0-27f3b075e04e%2F0021;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansardr%2Fa097ab46-bef0-4ed3-b3f0-27f3b075e04e%2F0000%22">said that</a> this amendment was in response to consultation with the gaseous fuel sector, which had “expressed a strong preference to be able to access the carbon market” rather than paying the carbon price through a fuel tax arrangement.</p> <p>The carbon pricing mechanism is an emissions trading scheme which commenced on 1 July 2012. See the Clean Energy Regulator’s <a href="http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/Carbon-Pricing-Mechanism/About-the-Mechanism/Pages/default.aspx">website</a> for more information on how it works.</p> <p>As a result of the Coalition's election in 2013, the carbon pricing mechanism will be <a href="http://www.liberal.org.au/scrapping-carbon-tax-and-reducing-cost-living">abolished</a>. It will be replaced by a <a href="http://www.climatechange.gov.au/reducing-carbon/carbon-pricing-policy">Direct Action Plan</a>.</p>
senate vote 2012-06-25#6 Edited by mackay staff on 2013-09-11 14:41:54	Title Bills - Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012, Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012, Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012; Third Reading Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012, Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012, Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012 - Third Reading - Include non-transport gaseous fuels in the carbon price Description <p>The Aye voters succeeded in passing the motion that the package of three bills be read a third time.</p> <p>This means that the bills are passed in the Senate and, as they have already passed in the House of Representatives, they will now be sent to the Governor-General for royal assent so they can become law.</p> <p>The three bills were a package to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the carbon pricing mechanism. Under the amendments, the carbon pricing mechanism would apply to compressed natural gas from 1 July 2012. It would also apply to non-transport liquid petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas from 1 July 2013.</p> <p>According to <a href="http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansardr%2Fa097ab46-bef0-4ed3-b3f0-27f3b075e04e%2F0021;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansardr%2Fa097ab46-bef0-4ed3-b3f0-27f3b075e04e%2F0000%22">Greg Combet MP</a>, who introduced the bills into the House of Representatives, this amendment was in response to consultation with the gaseous fuel sector, which had “expressed a strong preference to be able to access the carbon market” rather than paying the carbon price through a fuel tax arrangement.</p> <p>The carbon pricing mechanism is an emissions trading scheme which commenced on 1 July 2012. See the Clean Energy Regulator’s <a href="http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/Carbon-Pricing-Mechanism/About-the-Mechanism/Pages/default.aspx">website</a> for more information on how it works.</p>
senate vote 2012-06-25#6 Edited by mackay staff on 2013-09-06 08:58:58	Title Description <p>The Aye voters succeeded in passing the motion that the package of three bills be read a third time.</p> <p>This means that the bills are passed in the Senate and, as they have already passed in the House of Representatives, they will now be sent to the Governor-General for royal assent so they can become law.</p> <p>The three bills were a package to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the carbon pricing mechanism. Under the amendments, the carbon pricing mechanism would apply to compressed natural gas from 1 July 2012. It would also apply to non-transport liquid petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas from 1 July 2013.</p> <p>The carbon pricing mechanism is an emissions trading scheme and commenced on 1 July 2012. See the Clean Energy Regulator’s <a href="http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/Carbon-Pricing-Mechanism/About-the-Mechanism/Pages/default.aspx">website</a> for more information on how it works.</p> <p>According to <a href="http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansardr%2Fa097ab46-bef0-4ed3-b3f0-27f3b075e04e%2F0021;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansardr%2Fa097ab46-bef0-4ed3-b3f0-27f3b075e04e%2F0000%22">Greg Combet MP</a>, who introduced the bills into the House of Representatives, this amendment was in response to consultation with the gaseous fuel sector, which had “expressed a strong preference to be able to access the carbon market” rather than paying the carbon price through a fuel tax arrangement.</p> <p>The carbon pricing mechanism is an emissions trading scheme which commenced on 1 July 2012. See the Clean Energy Regulator’s <a href="http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/Carbon-Pricing-Mechanism/About-the-Mechanism/Pages/default.aspx">website</a> for more information on how it works.</p>
senate vote 2012-06-25#6 Edited by mackay staff on 2013-09-06 08:47:11	Title ~~Bills — Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012, Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012, Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012; Third Reading~~ Bills - Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012, Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012, Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012; Third Reading Description ~~<p class="speaker">John Hogg</p>~~ ~~<p>The question is that the remaining stages of these bills be agreed to and these bills be now passed.</p>~~ ~~<p>Bills read a third time.</p>~~ <p>The Aye voters succeeded in passing the motion that the package of three bills be read a third time.</p> <p>This means that the bills are passed in the Senate and, as they have already passed in the House of Representatives, they will now be sent to the Governor-General for royal assent so they can become law.</p> <p>The three bills were a package to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the carbon pricing mechanism. Under the amendments, the carbon pricing mechanism would apply to compressed natural gas from 1 July 2012. It would also apply to non-transport liquid petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas from 1 July 2013.</p> <p>The carbon pricing mechanism is an emissions trading scheme and commenced on 1 July 2012. See the Clean Energy Regulator’s <a href="http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/Carbon-Pricing-Mechanism/About-the-Mechanism/Pages/default.aspx">website</a> for more information on how it works.</p> <p>According to <a href="http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansardr%2Fa097ab46-bef0-4ed3-b3f0-27f3b075e04e%2F0021;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansardr%2Fa097ab46-bef0-4ed3-b3f0-27f3b075e04e%2F0000%22">Greg Combet MP</a>, who introduced the bills into the House of Representatives, this amendment was in response to consultation with the gaseous fuel sector, which had “expressed a strong preference to be able to access the carbon market” rather than paying the carbon price through a fuel tax arrangement.</p>

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senate vote 2012-06-25#6

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~~The majority voted in favour of a [http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2012-06-25.132.1 motion] to read the bills a third time.~~
This means that the bills are passed in the Senate and, as they have already passed in the House of Representatives, they will now be sent to the Governor-General for royal assent so they can become law.
~~''Background to the bill''~~
The three bills are a package to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_pricing_in_Australia carbon pricing mechanism].(Read the government's explanation of the bills [http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2012-06-18.219.1 here]. ) This would mean that the carbon pricing mechanism would apply to compressed natural gas from 1 July 2012. It would also apply to non-transport liquid petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas from 1 July 2013.
~~The three bills that make up the package are:~~
* [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4820 Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012];
* [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4821 Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012];
* [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4822 Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012]
The carbon pricing mechanism is an emissions trading scheme which will commence on 1 July 2012.(See the Clean Energy Regulator’s [http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/Carbon-Pricing-Mechanism/About-the-Mechanism/Pages/default.aspx website] for more information on how it works.)
~~References~~
The majority voted in favour of a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2012-06-25.132.1) to read the bills a third time.
This means that the bills are passed in the Senate and, as they have already passed in the House of Representatives, they will now be sent to the Governor-General for royal assent so they can become law.
_Background to the bill_
The three bills are a package to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the [carbon pricing mechanism](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_pricing_in_Australia).(Read the government's explanation of the bills [here](http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2012-06-18.219.1). ) This would mean that the carbon pricing mechanism would apply to compressed natural gas from 1 July 2012. It would also apply to non-transport liquid petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas from 1 July 2013.
The three bills that make up the package are:
- [Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4820);
- [Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4821);
- [Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4822)
The carbon pricing mechanism is an emissions trading scheme which will commence on 1 July 2012.(See the Clean Energy Regulator’s [website](http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/Carbon-Pricing-Mechanism/About-the-Mechanism/Pages/default.aspx) for more information on how it works.)
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senate vote 2012-06-25#6

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on 2014-10-07 16:16:50

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The majority voted in favour of a [http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2012-06-25.132.1 motion] to read the bills a third time.
This means that the bills are passed in the Senate and, as they have already passed in the House of Representatives, they will now be sent to the Governor-General for royal assent so they can become law.
''Background to the bill''
The three bills are a package to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_pricing_in_Australia carbon pricing mechanism].[1] This would mean that the carbon pricing mechanism would apply to compressed natural gas from 1 July 2012. It would also apply to non-transport liquid petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas from 1 July 2013.
The three bills are a package to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_pricing_in_Australia carbon pricing mechanism].(Read the government's explanation of the bills [http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2012-06-18.219.1 here]. ) This would mean that the carbon pricing mechanism would apply to compressed natural gas from 1 July 2012. It would also apply to non-transport liquid petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas from 1 July 2013.
The three bills that make up the package are:
* [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4820 Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012];
* [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4821 Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012];
* [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4822 Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012]
~~The carbon pricing mechanism is an emissions trading scheme which will commence on 1 July 2012.[2]~~
The carbon pricing mechanism is an emissions trading scheme which will commence on 1 July 2012.(See the Clean Energy Regulator’s [http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/Carbon-Pricing-Mechanism/About-the-Mechanism/Pages/default.aspx website] for more information on how it works.)
References
* [1] Read the government's explanation of the bills [http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2012-06-18.219.1 here].
* [2] See the Clean Energy Regulator’s [http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/Carbon-Pricing-Mechanism/About-the-Mechanism/Pages/default.aspx website] for more information on how it works.

senate vote 2012-06-25#6

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on 2014-02-13 15:26:13

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Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012, Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012, Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012 - Third Reading - Include non-transport gaseous fuels in the carbon price
Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012, Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012, Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012 - Third Reading - Read a third time

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The majority voted in favour of a [http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2012-06-25.132.1 motion] to read the bills a third time.
~~The Aye voters succeeded in passing the motion that the package of three bills be read a third time.~~
This means that the bills are passed in the Senate and, as they have already passed in the House of Representatives, they will now be sent to the Governor-General for royal assent so they can become law.
This means that the bills are passed in the Senate and, as they have already passed in the House of Representatives, they will now be sent to the Governor-General for royal assent so they can become law.
''Background to the bill''
~~Background to the bill~~
The three bills are a package to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_pricing_in_Australia carbon pricing mechanism].[1] This would mean that the carbon pricing mechanism would apply to compressed natural gas from 1 July 2012. It would also apply to non-transport liquid petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas from 1 July 2013.
The three bills were a package to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the carbon pricing mechanism. Under the amendments, the carbon pricing mechanism will apply to compressed natural gas from 1 July 2012. It will also apply to non-transport liquid petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas from 1 July 2013.
The three bills that make up the package are:
* [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4820 Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012];
* [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4821 Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012];
* [http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4822 Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012]
~~The three bills were:~~
~~<ul><li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4820">Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012</a></li>~~
~~<li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4821">Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012</a></li>~~
<li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4822">Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012</a></li></ul>
The carbon pricing mechanism is an emissions trading scheme which will commence on 1 July 2012.[2]
<a href="http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22handbook%2Fallmps%2FYW6%22;querytype=;rec=0">Greg Combet MP</a>, who introduced the bills, <a href="http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansardr%2Fa097ab46-bef0-4ed3-b3f0-27f3b075e04e%2F0021;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansardr%2Fa097ab46-bef0-4ed3-b3f0-27f3b075e04e%2F0000%22">said that</a> this amendment was in response to consultation with the gaseous fuel sector, which had “expressed a strong preference to be able to access the carbon market” rather than paying the carbon price through a fuel tax arrangement.
The carbon pricing mechanism is an emissions trading scheme which commenced on 1 July 2012. See the Clean Energy Regulator’s <a href="http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/Carbon-Pricing-Mechanism/About-the-Mechanism/Pages/default.aspx">website</a> for more information on how it works.
References
* [1] Read the government's explanation of the bills [http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2012-06-18.219.1 here].
* [2] See the Clean Energy Regulator’s [http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/Carbon-Pricing-Mechanism/About-the-Mechanism/Pages/default.aspx website] for more information on how it works.
As a result of the Coalition's election in 2013, the carbon pricing mechanism will be <a href="http://www.liberal.org.au/scrapping-carbon-tax-and-reducing-cost-living">abolished</a>. It will be replaced by a <a href="http://www.climatechange.gov.au/reducing-carbon/carbon-pricing-policy">Direct Action Plan</a>.

senate vote 2012-06-25#6

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on 2013-11-07 12:27:35

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The Aye voters succeeded in passing the motion that the package of three bills be read a third time.
This means that the bills are passed in the Senate and, as they have already passed in the House of Representatives, they will now be sent to the Governor-General for royal assent so they can become law.
The three bills were a package to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the carbon pricing mechanism. Under the amendments, the carbon pricing mechanism would apply to compressed natural gas from 1 July 2012. It would also apply to non-transport liquid petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas from 1 July 2013.
Background to the bill
The three bills were a package to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the carbon pricing mechanism. Under the amendments, the carbon pricing mechanism will apply to compressed natural gas from 1 July 2012. It will also apply to non-transport liquid petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas from 1 July 2013.
The three bills were:
<ul><li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4820">Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4821">Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r4822">Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012</a></li></ul>
According to <a href="http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansardr%2Fa097ab46-bef0-4ed3-b3f0-27f3b075e04e%2F0021;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansardr%2Fa097ab46-bef0-4ed3-b3f0-27f3b075e04e%2F0000%22">Greg Combet MP</a>, who introduced the bills into the House of Representatives, this amendment was in response to consultation with the gaseous fuel sector, which had “expressed a strong preference to be able to access the carbon market” rather than paying the carbon price through a fuel tax arrangement.
<a href="http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22handbook%2Fallmps%2FYW6%22;querytype=;rec=0">Greg Combet MP</a>, who introduced the bills, <a href="http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansardr%2Fa097ab46-bef0-4ed3-b3f0-27f3b075e04e%2F0021;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansardr%2Fa097ab46-bef0-4ed3-b3f0-27f3b075e04e%2F0000%22">said that</a> this amendment was in response to consultation with the gaseous fuel sector, which had “expressed a strong preference to be able to access the carbon market” rather than paying the carbon price through a fuel tax arrangement.
The carbon pricing mechanism is an emissions trading scheme which commenced on 1 July 2012. See the Clean Energy Regulator’s <a href="http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/Carbon-Pricing-Mechanism/About-the-Mechanism/Pages/default.aspx">website</a> for more information on how it works.
As a result of the Coalition's election in 2013, the carbon pricing mechanism will be <a href="http://www.liberal.org.au/scrapping-carbon-tax-and-reducing-cost-living">abolished</a>. It will be replaced by a <a href="http://www.climatechange.gov.au/reducing-carbon/carbon-pricing-policy">Direct Action Plan</a>.

senate vote 2012-06-25#6

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on 2013-09-11 14:41:54

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Bills - Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012, Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012, Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012; Third Reading
Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012, Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012, Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012 - Third Reading - Include non-transport gaseous fuels in the carbon price

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The Aye voters succeeded in passing the motion that the package of three bills be read a third time.
This means that the bills are passed in the Senate and, as they have already passed in the House of Representatives, they will now be sent to the Governor-General for royal assent so they can become law.
The three bills were a package to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the carbon pricing mechanism. Under the amendments, the carbon pricing mechanism would apply to compressed natural gas from 1 July 2012. It would also apply to non-transport liquid petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas from 1 July 2013.
According to <a href="http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansardr%2Fa097ab46-bef0-4ed3-b3f0-27f3b075e04e%2F0021;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansardr%2Fa097ab46-bef0-4ed3-b3f0-27f3b075e04e%2F0000%22">Greg Combet MP</a>, who introduced the bills into the House of Representatives, this amendment was in response to consultation with the gaseous fuel sector, which had “expressed a strong preference to be able to access the carbon market” rather than paying the carbon price through a fuel tax arrangement.
The carbon pricing mechanism is an emissions trading scheme which commenced on 1 July 2012. See the Clean Energy Regulator’s <a href="http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/Carbon-Pricing-Mechanism/About-the-Mechanism/Pages/default.aspx">website</a> for more information on how it works.

senate vote 2012-06-25#6

Edited by mackay staff

on 2013-09-06 08:58:58

Title

Description

The Aye voters succeeded in passing the motion that the package of three bills be read a third time.
This means that the bills are passed in the Senate and, as they have already passed in the House of Representatives, they will now be sent to the Governor-General for royal assent so they can become law.
The three bills were a package to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the carbon pricing mechanism. Under the amendments, the carbon pricing mechanism would apply to compressed natural gas from 1 July 2012. It would also apply to non-transport liquid petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas from 1 July 2013.
The carbon pricing mechanism is an emissions trading scheme and commenced on 1 July 2012. See the Clean Energy Regulator’s <a href="http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/Carbon-Pricing-Mechanism/About-the-Mechanism/Pages/default.aspx">website</a> for more information on how it works.
According to <a href="http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansardr%2Fa097ab46-bef0-4ed3-b3f0-27f3b075e04e%2F0021;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansardr%2Fa097ab46-bef0-4ed3-b3f0-27f3b075e04e%2F0000%22">Greg Combet MP</a>, who introduced the bills into the House of Representatives, this amendment was in response to consultation with the gaseous fuel sector, which had “expressed a strong preference to be able to access the carbon market” rather than paying the carbon price through a fuel tax arrangement.
The carbon pricing mechanism is an emissions trading scheme which commenced on 1 July 2012. See the Clean Energy Regulator’s <a href="http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/Carbon-Pricing-Mechanism/About-the-Mechanism/Pages/default.aspx">website</a> for more information on how it works.

senate vote 2012-06-25#6

Edited by mackay staff

on 2013-09-06 08:47:11

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~~Bills — Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012, Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012, Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012; Third Reading~~
Bills - Clean Energy Legislation Amendment Bill 2012, Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2012, Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2012; Third Reading

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~~John Hogg~~
~~The question is that the remaining stages of these bills be agreed to and these bills be now passed.~~
~~<p>Bills read a third time.~~
The Aye voters succeeded in passing the motion that the package of three bills be read a third time.
This means that the bills are passed in the Senate and, as they have already passed in the House of Representatives, they will now be sent to the Governor-General for royal assent so they can become law.
The three bills were a package to include non-transport gaseous fuels in the carbon pricing mechanism. Under the amendments, the carbon pricing mechanism would apply to compressed natural gas from 1 July 2012. It would also apply to non-transport liquid petroleum gas and liquefied natural gas from 1 July 2013.
The carbon pricing mechanism is an emissions trading scheme and commenced on 1 July 2012. See the Clean Energy Regulator’s <a href="http://www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au/Carbon-Pricing-Mechanism/About-the-Mechanism/Pages/default.aspx">website</a> for more information on how it works.
According to <a href="http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=CHAMBER;id=chamber%2Fhansardr%2Fa097ab46-bef0-4ed3-b3f0-27f3b075e04e%2F0021;query=Id%3A%22chamber%2Fhansardr%2Fa097ab46-bef0-4ed3-b3f0-27f3b075e04e%2F0000%22">Greg Combet MP</a>, who introduced the bills into the House of Representatives, this amendment was in response to consultation with the gaseous fuel sector, which had “expressed a strong preference to be able to access the carbon market” rather than paying the carbon price through a fuel tax arrangement.