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Senate Journal No. 116 - 10 October 2012
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
- 3 TEMPORARY CHAIR OF COMMITTEES
- 4 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 5 MIGRATION ACT—DESIGNATION OF THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA—REGIONAL PROCESSING COUNTRY—APPROVAL
- 6 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AMENDMENT (INDEPENDENT EXPERT SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON COAL SEAM GAS AND LARGE COAL MINING DEVELOPMENT) BILL 2012
- 7 CUSTOMS AMENDMENT (ANTI-DUMPING IMPROVEMENTS) BILL (NO. 2) 2011E CUSTOMS AMENDMENT (ANTI-DUMPING IMPROVEMENTS) BILL (NO. 2) 2012E CUSTOMS TARIFF (ANTI-DUMPING) AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 1) 2012E CUSTOMS AMENDMENT (ANTI-DUMPING IMPROVEMENTS) BILL (NO. 3) 2012
- 8 MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST
- 9 QUESTIONS
- 10 MOTIONS TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 11 NOTICES
- 12 POSTPONEMENTS
- 13 LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- 14 MIGRATION AND SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (REVIEW OF SECURITY ASSESSMENTS) BILL 2012
- 15 ECONOMICS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 16 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS AND AUDIT—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 17 NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK—JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 18 SOCIAL ISSUES—ANTI-POVERTY WEEK
- 19 HEALTH—WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY
- 20 SUPERANNUATION—PRODUCTIVITY COMMISSION REPORT—PROPOSED ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENT
- 21 ENVIRONMENT—NORTH WEST SLOPE TRAWL FISHERY
- 22 ENVIRONMENT—GREAT BARRIER REEF
- 23 FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 24 HEALTH INSURANCE (EXTENDED MEDICARE SAFETY NET) AMENDMENT DETERMINATION—APPROVAL
- 25 CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION
- 26 DISCUSSION OF MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE—HEALTH—MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
- 27 FIRST SPEECH
- 28 SCRUTINY OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—12TH REPORT AND ALERT DIGEST NO. 12 OF 2012
- 29 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—INTERIM REPORT—FRESH PINEAPPLE IMPORTS
- 30 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REPORT—PALLIATIVE CARE IN AUSTRALIA
- 31 FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DEFENCE AND TRADE LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REPORT—DEFENCE TRADE CONTROLS BILL 2011
- 32 HUMAN RIGHTS—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—5TH REPORT OF 2012
- 33 INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—REPORT—REVIEW OF THE RE-LISTING OF FIVE TERRORIST ORGANISATIONS
- 34 MIGRATION ACT—DESIGNATION OF THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA—REGIONAL PROCESSING COUNTRY—DOCUMENT
- 35 DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY APPOINTMENTS AND VACANCIES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENTS
- 36 DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY GRANTS—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENTS
- 37 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 38 CUSTOMS AMENDMENT (ANTI-DUMPING IMPROVEMENTS) BILL (NO. 2) 2011E CUSTOMS AMENDMENT (ANTI-DUMPING IMPROVEMENTS) BILL (NO. 2) 2012E CUSTOMS TARIFF (ANTI-DUMPING) AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 1) 2012E CUSTOMS AMENDMENT (ANTI-DUMPING IMPROVEMENTS) BILL (NO. 3) 2012
- 39 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 40 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS—CONSIDERATION
- 41 ADJOURNMENT
- 42 ATTENDANCE
ENVIRONMENT—NORTH WEST SLOPE TRAWL FISHERYSenator Siewert, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 438—That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) trawling in the northeast area of the North West Slope Trawl Fishery, in depths of less than 200 metres off the Western Australian Kimberley coast was accidentally made possible due to an administrative error when the Western Australian and Federal Governments amended the Offshore Constitutional Settlement Agreement in 1998, (ii) this error accidentally allows bottom trawling in areas shallower than 200 metres despite the fact that this is a critical habitat for goldband snapper and other demersal fish species which have been off-limits to North West Slope Trawl Fishery trawlers as they are a deep water crustacean prawn fishery, (iii) the ecological sensitivity of this area has been acknowledged in the Australian Fisheries Management Authority's correspondence with permit holders, (iv) legislative instruments have been introduced prohibiting trawl fishing in this northeast area, but the most recent instrument expired in December 2010, (v) since that time, the closure has been maintained informally by industry self-regulation,
(vii) a resumption of trawling in this area would adversely impact the benthos and demersal fish stocks of this region, thus putting the entire ESD [ecologically sustainable development] certified Northern Demersal Scalefish Managed Fishery at great sustainable risk, and (viii) the Western Australian Department of Fisheries has stated in its latest State of the fisheries and aquatic resourcesreport that the demersal scalefish resources in this area are fully exploited; and (b) calls on the Federal Government to reinstate the North West Slope Fishery Direction No. 02 Area Closure legislative instrument which excludes trawl fishing in the northeast area of the North West Slope Trawl Fishery in Western Australia. Question put and negatived. | |