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Wednesday, 9 November 2011
Page: 8712

Senator BOB BROWN (Tasmania—Leader of the Australian Greens) (15:43): The National Party is back. I, and also on behalf of Senator Waters, move:

That the Senate—

(a)   notes the unique biodiversity and natural heritage of the Coral Sea that is home to the critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle and endangered green turtle;

(b)   recognises that 2012 will be the 70th anniversary of the historically important Battle of the Coral Sea in 1942 that changed the face of World War II; and

(c)   calls on the Government to declare the Coral Sea the world's largest marine national park.