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Senate Journal No. 114 - 20 September 2012
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 MARRIAGE AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 2) 2012
- 3 PETITION
- 4 NOTICES
- 5 SELECTION OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT NO. 12 OF 2012
- 6 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 7 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 8 ELECTRICITY PRICES—SELECT COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 9 LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- 10 POSTPONEMENTS
- 11 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTINGS
- 12 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTINGS
- 13 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 14 INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS—STUDY OF INDIGENOUS CHILDREN—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- 15 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—PROPOSED REFERENCE
- 16 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—PROPOSED REFERENCE
- 17 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—DUTCH POLITICIAN—MR GEERT WILDERS
- 18 ENVIRONMENT—BALD HILLS WIND FARM
- 19 ADMINISTRATION—NEWSTART
- 20 ADMINISTRATION—PROTECTING NATIONALLY THREATENED SPECIES AND WILDERNESS PLACES—RESPONSIBILITY
- 21 COMMITTEES—ADDITIONAL INFORMATION—ESTIMATES
- 22 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—ADDITIONAL INFORMATION—AUSTRALIAN CHARITIES AND NOT-FOR-PROFITS COMMISSION BILL 2012 AND RELATED BILLS
- 23 PUBLICATIONS—STANDING COMMITTEE—19TH REPORT
- 24 AUSTRALIAN CHARITIES AND NOT-FOR-PROFITS COMMISSION BILL 2012E AUSTRALIAN CHARITIES AND NOT-FOR-PROFITS COMMISSION (CONSEQUENTIAL AND TRANSITIONAL) BILL 2012
- 25 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 26 MARRIAGE AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 2) 2012
- 27 JUDGES AND GOVERNORS-GENERAL LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (FAMILY LAW) BILL 2012
- 28 MARRIAGE AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 2) 2012
- 29 QUESTIONS
- 30 MOTIONS TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 31 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—FUNDING AND ADMINISTRATION OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
- 32 MARRIAGE AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 2) 2012
- 33 TEMPORARY CHAIR OF COMMITTEES
- 34 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL AUDIT OFFICE—REPORT FOR 2011-12—DOCUMENT
- 35 AUDITOR-GENERAL—AUDIT REPORT NO. 4 OF 2012-13—DOCUMENT
- 36 ELECTORAL MATTERS—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT—REVIEW OF THE AEC ANALYSIS OF THE FWA REPORT ON THE HSU
- 37 HUMAN RIGHTS—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—4TH REPORT OF 2012
- 38 DOCUMENTS
- 39 DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY CONTRACTS—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 40 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 41 GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S MESSAGE—ASSENT TO LAW
- 42 REGIONAL AUSTRALIA—AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FORESTRY INDUSTRIES
- 43 HUMAN RIGHTS—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—4TH REPORT OF 2012—STATEMENT BY LEAVE
- 44 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS—CONSIDERATION
- 45 COMMITTEE REPORTS AND GOVERNMENT RESPONSES—ORDERS OF THE DAY—CONSIDERATION
- 46 AUDITOR-GENERAL'S REPORTS—ORDERS OF THE DAY—CONSIDERATION
- 47 ADJOURNMENT
- 48 ATTENDANCE
ENVIRONMENT—BALD HILLS WIND FARMSenator Madigan, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 955—That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) the Bald Hills wind farm in South Gippsland was approved by the Commonwealth in 2006 and has not yet been built, (ii) the Commonwealth has allowed the project proponent to increase the height of the proposed 52 turbines from 110 metres to 135 metres without any assessment of the environmental impact of this increase, (iii) the Commonwealth's 2006 conditions of approval failed to specify the height of the turbines permitted in the project, (iv) the conditions of approval permit the proposed wind farm to cut directly across a migratory shorebirds flyway connecting three sites of international significance for six migratory shorebird species, (v) the species are listed under the Commonwealth's 2009 Significant impact guidelines for 36 migratory shorebird species, (vi) the three sites of international significance flanking the Bald Hills area are identified in the Migratory Shorebirds of the East Asian - Australasian flyway: population estimates and internationally important sites report which underpins the Commonwealth's Significant impact guidelines for 36 migratory shorebird species, and (vii) the Bald Hills Wetland Conservation Reserve and the Kings Flat Flora and Fauna Reserve that directly abut the proposed wind farm site are an important habitat for a seventh species listed in the Commonwealth's Significant impact guidelines for 36 migratory shorebird species; and
Question put and negatived. | |