Committees — Environment and Communications Legislation Committee; Reference
Senate, 2022-03-29. negative: ayes 13, noes 26.
Question
Sarah Hanson-Young I move: That the provisions of the Agriculture Biodiversity Stewardship Market Bill 2022 be referred to the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 6 June 2022. Anne Ruston I seek leave to make a short statement. Slade Brockman Leave is granted for one minute. Anne Ruston The government has been developing the biosecurity stewardship market since 2019, which has included the world-first development of a mechanism to measure biodiversity. Following introduction of the Agriculture Biodiversity Stewardship Market Bill 2022, the government looked to refer this legislation to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, which the Greens did not support. This is a cynical last-minute attempt by the Greens to become relevant in this debate. The government remains supportive of an inquiry into the legislation by the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee in the next term of the parliament. Slade Brockman The question is that the motion moved by Senator Hanson-Young be agreed to.
How each member voted
How each party voted
Party labels are those recorded for this division, rather than current affiliations.
- Liberal: no 18
- Labor: no 3, aye 1
- Independent: no 1, aye 2
- Jacqui Lambie Network: aye 1
- Greens: aye 6
- One Nation: aye 2
- Nationals: no 2
- Country Liberal Party: no 1
- DPRES: no 1
- Centre Alliance: aye 1
Noes
- Amanda Stoker (Liberal) — no
- Andrew Bragg (Liberal) — no
- Andrew McLachlan (Liberal) — no
- Anne Ruston (Liberal) — no
- Anne Urquhart (Labor) — no
- Ben Small (Liberal) — no
- Claire Chandler (Liberal) — no
- David Fawcett (Liberal) — no
- David Van (Independent) — no
- Dean Smith (Liberal) — no
- Eric Abetz (Liberal) — no
- Greg Mirabella (Liberal) — no
- Hollie Hughes (Liberal) — no
- Linda Reynolds (Liberal) — no
- Louise Pratt (Labor) — no
- Matt O'Sullivan (Liberal) — no
- Murray Watt (Labor) — no
- Paul Scarr (Liberal) — no
- Perin Davey (Nationals) — no
- Richard Colbeck (Liberal) — no
- Sam McMahon (Country Liberal Party) — no
- Sarah Henderson (Liberal) — no
- Slade Brockman (DPRES) — no
- Susan McDonald (Nationals) — no
- Wendy Askew (Liberal) — no
- Zed Seselja (Liberal) — no
Ayes
- Dorinda Cox (Labor) — aye
- Jacqui Lambie (Jacqui Lambie Network) — aye
- Janet Rice (Greens) — aye
- Jordon Steele-John (Greens) — aye
- Lidia Thorpe (Independent) — aye
- Malcolm Roberts (One Nation) — aye
- Mehreen Faruqi (Greens) — aye
- Nick McKim (Greens) — aye
- Pauline Hanson (One Nation) — aye
- Peter Whish-Wilson (Greens) — aye
- Rex Patrick (Independent) — aye
- Sarah Hanson-Young (Greens) — aye
- Stirling Griff (Centre Alliance) — aye
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