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Parliament of Victoria · Legislative Assembly · 21 June 2023 · Energy

Energy and Resources Legislation Amendment (Transition Away from Coal) Bill 2023: introduction

Voting yes supported the Energy and Resources Legislation Amendment (Transition Away from Coal) Bill 2023 being introduced into parliament, which starts its progress but does not yet agree with its main idea.

Defeated30 yes 54 no

The question put

That I introduce a bill for an act to amend the Environment Protection Act 2017 to prohibit the authorisation of thermal coal activity under a licence, to amend the Renewable Energy (Jobs and Investment) Act 2017 to increase the renewable energy target for Victoria, to amend the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 to prohibit the exploration for or mining of coal and to amend the Constitution Act 1975 to entrench some of those amendments and for other purposes.

How each party voted

Members who didn't vote (absent, paired or in the chair) aren't listed. A party votes as one when at least three quarters of its members vote together.

Source: Hansard, Parliament of Victoria. The summary is AI-written from the question and the bill's official summary, then checked; the record above is the authority.