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senate vote 2016-10-12#3
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Motions — Oil Exploration- Motions - Oil Exploration - Great Australian Bight
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<p class="speaker">Sarah Hanson-Young</p><p>I move:</p><p class="italic">That the Senate—</p>- The majority voted against a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2016-10-12.160.1) introduced by SA Greens Senator [Sarah Hanson-Young](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/sarah_hanson-young), which means it was unsuccessful.
- ### Motion text
- > *That the Senate—*
- > *(a) welcomes the [decision](http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-11/bp-withdraws-from-great-australian-bight-drilling/7921956) by [BP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BP) to withdraw its application to drill for oil in the [Great Australian Bight](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Australian_Bight); and*
- > *(b) calls on the [Turnbull](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/wentworth/malcolm_turnbull) Government to permanently ban all oil exploration and drilling in the Great Australian Bight.*
<p class="italic">(a) welcomes the decision by BP to withdraw its application to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight; and</p><p class="italic">(b) calls on the Turnbull Government to permanently ban all oil exploration and drilling in the Great Australian Bight.</p> <p class="speaker">James McGrath</p><p>Mr President, I seek leave to make a short statement.</p> <p class="speaker">Stephen Parry</p><p>Leave is granted for one minute.</p> <p class="speaker">James McGrath</p><p>The government deeply regrets BP's commercial decision to withdraw from the Bight. It is a sad day for South Australia.</p> <p class="speaker">Stephen Parry</p><p>The question is that the motion moved by Senator Hanson-Young be agreed to.</p>
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