NOTICES

Senator Whish-Wilson: To move on the next day of sitting—That the Small Pelagic Fishery Total Allowable Catch (Quota Species) Determination 2012, made under subsection 17(6)(aa) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 and under section 17 of the Small Pelagic Fishery Management Plan 2009, be disallowed.

The Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (Senator Abetz): To move on the next day of sitting—That the Senate—

 (a) notes:

  (i) Mr Michael Williamson's recent roles as President of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), member of the ALP Industrial Committee, Executive Member of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, Vice President of Unions NSW, Vice President of the ALP New South Wales Branch and Trustee of First State Super, and

  (ii) findings by Mr Ian Temby, QC and Mr Dennis Robertson, FCA that, while Mr Williamson was General Secretary of the Health Services Union (HSU) East Branch, he, his family, his company and his close associates benefitted from $20 million in union members' funds which was spent without proper financial control;

 (b) condemns this use of union members' funds at the HSU by Mr Williamson as found by Mr Temby and Mr Robertson; and

 (c) calls for stronger penalties under the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 than the present $6 600 monetary penalty and to include penalties under the Corporations Act 2001. (general business notice of motion no. 853)

Senator Brown: To move on the next day of sitting—That the order of the Senate of 15 August 2012 authorising the Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters to hold public meetings, be varied by omitting "Electoral and Referendum Amendment (Improving Electoral Procedure) Bill 2012" and substituting "Australian Electoral Commission analysis of the Fair Work Australia report on the Health Services Union". (general business notice of motion no. 854)

Senator Hanson-Young: To move on the next day of sitting—That the Senate—

 (a) notes the position statement on the Murray Darling Basin (MDB) draft plan launched by South Australian environmental groups, including the Conservation Council of South Australia, The Wilderness Society, Trees for Life, National Trust of South Australia, National Parks and Wildlife, Nature Conservation Society of South Australia and Friends of the Earth Adelaide, on 27 July 2012;

 (b) notes that these groups identify that 4 000 GL must be returned to the river in accordance with the best available science to provide for healthy MDB communities and economies; and

 (c) calls on the Government to instruct the Murray-Darling Basin Authority to model at least 4 000 GL against the requirements of the Water Act 2007 and undertake feasibility studies on constraints to delivering 4 000 GL as requested by the South Australian environmental groups. (general business notice of motion no. 855)