8th Sep 2022, 10:08 AM – Senate Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - Second Reading - One Nation second reading amendment

The majority voted against an amendment to the usual second reading motion, "that the bills be read a second time." To read a bill a second time is to agree with its main idea. Because this vote failed, the original motion will remain unchanged.

This amendment as introduced by Queensland Senator Malcolm Roberts (One Nation).

Motion text

At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate:

(a) notes that:

(i) increased carbon dioxide is associated with increased quality of life for humans, plants and animals and reducing carbon dioxide will do harm to everyday Australians,

(ii) the relationship between carbon dioxide output from human activity and temperature change has been disproven by scientific analysis and empirical observation,

(iii) there is no mechanism to calculate temperature outcomes from reductions in human carbon dioxide output thus negating the reason for this bill, and

(iv) this bill does not require consideration of the economic, social or health outcomes from policies that will be implemented under this legislation; and

(b) calls on the Government to address the preceding matters in future legislation or policy".