Division
The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2024-08-22.152.3) to the usual second reading motion, which is "*that the bills be read a second time*" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bills). Had this vote been successful, the usual words would have been replaced with the text below. ### Amendment text > *Omit all words after "that", substitute "the Senate:* > > *(a) acknowledges that the Net Zero Economy Authority is a long-held union wish list item that masks itself as being an Authority for the regions and for the net zero transition, but is really another Canberra bureaucracy that:* > >> *(i) adds another level of federal government duplication by mimicking the role of the CEFC and ARENA by 'facilitating new investment in the net zero transition',* >> >> *(ii) significantly overlaps with existing enterprise agreements, industrial obligations, and localised transition plans with its Energy Industry Jobs Plan,* >> >> *(iii) gives unions access to the personal information of the employees of closing coal and gas-fired power stations, as well as the personal information of the employees of the businesses in commercial relationships with closing coal and gas-fired power stations, and* >> >> *(iv) aims to centrally-plan employment opportunities for the employees of closing coal and gas-fired power stations without guarantees that such employment opportunities would leave employees better off than their current employment; and* > > *(b) recognises that as coal-fired power stations close, zero-emissions nuclear technology will provide well-paid employment opportunities and economic security for generations in rural, regional, and remote communities".*
Senate, 2024-08-22. negative: ayes 26, noes 35.
Question
The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2024-08-22.152.3) to the usual second reading motion, which is "*that the bills be read a second time*" (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bills). Had this vote been successful, the usual words would have been replaced with the text below. ### Amendment text > *Omit all words after "that", substitute "the Senate:* > > *(a) acknowledges that the Net Zero Economy Authority is a long-held union wish list item that masks itself as being an Authority for the regions and for the net zero transition, but is really another Canberra bureaucracy that:* > >> *(i) adds another level of federal government duplication by mimicking the role of the CEFC and ARENA by 'facilitating new investment in the net zero transition',* >> >> *(ii) significantly overlaps with existing enterprise agreements, industrial obligations, and localised transition plans with its Energy Industry Jobs Plan,* >> >> *(iii) gives unions access to the personal information of the employees of closing coal and gas-fired power stations, as well as the personal information of the employees of the businesses in commercial relationships with closing coal and gas-fired power stations, and* >> >> *(iv) aims to centrally-plan employment opportunities for the employees of closing coal and gas-fired power stations without guarantees that such employment opportunities would leave employees better off than their current employment; and* > > *(b) recognises that as coal-fired power stations close, zero-emissions nuclear technology will provide well-paid employment opportunities and economic security for generations in rural, regional, and remote communities".*
How each member voted
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Related bills
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