Australian Senate "Energy Motion": Government has had no choice but to walk away from funding coal-fired power stations

HANSARD

Senator DI NATALE (Victoria—Leader of the Australian Greens) (16:59): I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that the Government has had no choice but to walk away from funding coal-fired power stations as they now look to invest in storage technologies to support the unstoppable potential of clean energy;

(b) acknowledges that thermal coal is in structural decline and has no long-term future in Australia; and

(c) urges the Government to implement a just transition plan for the benefit of coal workers, before it is too late.

The Senate divided. [17:05]

(The President—Senator Parry)

DIVISION:AYES 31 (2 majority) NOES 29 PAIRS 6
AYES	NOES	PAIRS
Bilyk, CL Cameron, DN Chisholm, A Collins, JMA Dastyari, S Di Natale, R Dodson, P Gallacher, AM Gallagher, KR Griff, S Hanson-Young, SC Kakoschke-Moore, S Ketter, CR Lines, S Ludlam, S Marshall, GM McCarthy, M McKim, NJ Moore, CM O'Neill, DM Polley, H Pratt, LC Rhiannon, L Rice, J Siewert, R Singh, LM Sterle, G Urquhart, AE (teller) Watt, M Whish-Wilson, PS Xenophon, N	Abetz, E Back, CJ Bernardi, C Birmingham, SJ Burston, B Bushby, DC (teller) Canavan, MJ Cash, MC Duniam, J Fawcett, DJ Fierravanti-Wells, C Hanson, P Hinch, D Hume, J Leyonhjelm, DE Macdonald, ID McGrath, J McKenzie, B O'Sullivan, B Parry, S Paterson, J Payne, MA Reynolds, L Roberts, M Ruston, A Scullion, NG Seselja, Z Sinodinos, A Smith, D	Brown, CL Georgiou, P Carr, KJ Brandis, GH Kitching, K Cormann, M McAllister, J Ryan, SM Waters, LJ Williams, JR Wong, P Nash,

Energy Motion 

Division

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Well done to all the Senators who supported this motion it is fantastic!

The Worker