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Senate Journal No. 67 - 10 November 2011
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 QUARANTINE AMENDMENT (DISALLOWING PERMITS) BILL 2011
- 3 NOTICES
- 4 SELECTION OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT NO. 16 OF 2011
- 5 LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- 6 ECONOMICS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 7 HISTORICAL EVENTS—REMEMBRANCE DAY
- 8 GAMBLING REFORM—JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING—VARIATION
- 9 EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT AND WORKPLACE RELATIONS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 10 SENATORS' INTERESTS—STANDING COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 11 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—CANADA—PRODUCTION AND TRADE OF ASBESTOS
- 12 AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION AMENDMENT (INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING SERVICES) BILL 2011
- 13 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY—VICTORIA—LATROBE VALLEY—CLEAN ENERGY
- 14 CULTURE AND THE ARTS—CULTURAL HERITAGE
- 15 ENVIRONMENT—GREAT BARRIER REEF WORLD HERITAGE AREA
- 16 COMMITTEES—ADDITIONAL INFORMATION—ESTIMATES
- 17 TOBACCO PLAIN PACKAGING BILL 2011E TRADE MARKS AMENDMENT (TOBACCO PLAIN PACKAGING) BILL 2011
- 18 EXCISE TARIFF AMENDMENT (CONDENSATE) BILL 2011E EXCISE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (CONDENSATE) BILL 2011
- 19 MARITIME LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2011
- 20 QUESTIONS
- 21 MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 22 COMMUNICATIONS—AUSTRALIA NETWORK—TENDER PROCESS—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—STATEMENT BY LEAVE
- 23 DOCUMENTS
- 24 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—SRI LANKA—DOCUMENT
- 25 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—LIBYA—DOCUMENT
- 26 PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE—OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE UNITED KINGDOM—DOCUMENT
- 27 PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE—OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE HAGUE, BRUSSELS AND TURKEY—DOCUMENT
- 28 PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE—OFFICIAL VISIT TO SINGAPORE, NEW ZEALAND AND TONGA—DOCUMENT
- 29 PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE—OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE KINGDOM OF MOROCCO—DOCUMENT
- 30 AUDITOR-GENERAL—AUDIT REPORT NO. 12 OF 2011-12—DOCUMENT
- 31 ENVIRONMENT, COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—TELECOMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (FIBRE DEPLOYMENT) BILL 2010—DOCUMENT
- 32 ENVIRONMENT—TASMANIAN FORESTS INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT—HARVESTING REQUIREMENTS—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 33 TRADE—EXPORT OF LIVE CATTLE TO INDONESIA—DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY—AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT SOLICITOR—DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND TRADE—ORDERS FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENTS
- 34 TOBACCO PLAIN PACKAGING BILL 2011E TRADE MARKS AMENDMENT (TOBACCO PLAIN PACKAGING) BILL 2011
- 35 SAFETY, REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION AMENDMENT (FAIR PROTECTION FOR FIREFIGHTERS) BILL 2011
- 36 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 37 ADJOURNMENT
- 38 ATTENDANCE
ENVIRONMENT—GREAT BARRIER REEF WORLD HERITAGE AREASenator Waters, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 557—That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) that the Government and the Opposition did not support the Australian Greens' motion on 9 November 2011 that `all applications and approvals made under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 [the Act] which would have a significant impact on the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area to be suspended until the conclusion of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization [UNESCO] requested strategic assessment, to allow consideration of all cumulative impacts of coal and coal seam gas ports and other developments on this internationally-significant biodiversity icon',
(iii) the Act already provides a suspension process for applications and approvals in particular circumstances and a revocation process for approvals in particular circumstances, both without compensation rights flowing to the proponent; and (b) calls on the Government to: (i) confirm that subsection 130(5) and sections 132, 144 and 145 of the Act allow the Minister to suspend all applications and approvals made under the Act that would have a significant impact on the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area until the conclusion of the UNESCO requested strategic assessment, and (ii) if necessary, urgently amend the Act to confer on the Minister the power to suspend all applications and approvals made under the Act that would have a significant impact on the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area until the conclusion of the UNESCO requested strategic assessment, to allow that strategic assessment to properly consider all cumulative impacts of coal and coal seam gas ports and other developments on this internationally-significant biodiversity icon. Question put. The Senate divided— AYES,9
NOES, 42
Question negatived.
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