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RENEWABLE ENERGY (ELECTRICITY) AMENDMENT BILL 2010E RENEWABLE ENERGY (ELECTRICITY) (CHARGE) AMENDMENT BILL 2010E RENEWABLE ENERGY (ELECTRICITY) (SMALL-SCALE TECHNOLOGY SHORTFALL CHARGE) BILL 2010

Order of the day read for the adjourned debate on the motion of the Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion (Senator Stephens)—That these bills be now read a second time.

Debate resumed.

Senator Milne, by leave, moved the following amendment in respect of the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2010:

 At the end of the motion, add ", provided that the Government undertakes to implement a national gross renewable energy feed-in tariff scheme which standardises the existing state and territory schemes".

Debate ensued.

Question—That the amendment be agreed to—put.

The Senate divided—

AYES, 4

Senators—

Brown, Bob

Ludlam

Milne

Siewert (Teller)

NOES, 35

Senators—

Adams (Teller)

Arbib

Back

Bilyk

Birmingham

Bishop

Boswell

Boyce

Brown, Carol

Cameron

Colbeck

Collins

Crossin

Farrell

Feeney

Ferguson

Fielding

Forshaw

Furner

Hurley

Hutchins

Kroger

Lundy

Marshall

McLucas

Moore

O'Brien

Parry

Pratt

Scullion

Stephens

Sterle

Troeth

Wong

Wortley

Question negatived.

Main question put and passed.

Bills read a second time.

On the motion of the Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water (Senator Wong) consideration of the bills in committee of the whole was made an order of the day for a later hour.