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Senate Journal No. 124 - 21 November 2012
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 WATER AMENDMENT (LONG-TERM AVERAGE SUSTAINABLE DIVERSION LIMIT ADJUSTMENT) BILL 2012
- 3 HIGHER EDUCATION SUPPORT AMENDMENT (STREAMLINING AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2012
- 4 CRIMES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (SERIOUS DRUGS, IDENTITY CRIME AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2012
- 5 MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST
- 6 QUESTIONS
- 7 PARLIAMENT—SENATOR BOB CARR—PERSONAL EXPLANATION
- 8 MOTION TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWER
- 9 NOTICES
- 10 LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- 11 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 12 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 13 POSTPONEMENTS
- 14 PRIVILEGES—STANDING COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 15 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 16 CULTURE AND THE ARTS—DEEPAVALI—CELEBRATIONS
- 17 WOMEN—INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
- 18 COMMUNICATION—AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION—AUDIO DESCRIPTION TRIAL
- 19 COMMUNICATIONS—AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION—TASMANIAN TELEVISION PRODUCTION UNIT
- 20 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—ISRAEL
- 21 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—PROPOSED REFERENCE
- 22 ENVIRONMENT—PROPOSED SEISMIC SURVEY
- 23 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—ISRAEL AND PALESTINE
- 24 ENVIRONMENT—NUCLEAR WASTE DUMP—PROPOSED SITE—PROPOSED ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENT
- 25 NOTICE OF MOTION WITHDRAWN
- 26 DISCUSSION OF MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE—ENVIRONMENT—PROTECTION OF NATIONALLY IMPORTANT WILDERNESS PLACES
- 27 SCRUTINY OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—14TH REPORT AND ALERT DIGEST NO. 14 OF 2012
- 28 DOCUMENTS
- 29 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 30 MIGRATION AMENDMENT REGULATION 2012—DISALLOWANCE
- 31 CLEAN ENERGY AMENDMENT (INTERNATIONAL EMISSIONS TRADING AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2012E CLEAN ENERGY (CHARGES—EXCISE) AMENDMENT BILL 2012E CLEAN ENERGY (CHARGES—CUSTOMS) AMENDMENT BILL 2012E EXCISE TARIFF AMENDMENT (PER-TONNE CARBON PRICE EQUIVALENT) E BILL 2012E OZONE PROTECTION AND SYNTHETIC GREENHOUSE GAS (IMPORT LEVY) AMENDMENT (PER-TONNE CARBON PRICE EQUIVALENT) BILL 2012E OZONE PROTECTION AND SYNTHETIC GREENHOUSE GAS (MANUFACTURE LEVY) AMENDMENT (PER-TONNE CARBON PRICE EQUIVALENT) BILL 2012E CLEAN ENERGY (UNIT ISSUE CHARGE—AUCTIONS) AMENDMENT BILL 2012
- 32 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS—CONSIDERATION
- 33 ADJOURNMENT
- 34 ATTENDANCE
ENVIRONMENT—PROPOSED SEISMIC SURVEYSenator Wright, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 1030—That the Senate— (a) notes Bight Petroleum's referral of a proposed action under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Reference Number: 2012/6583); (b) recognises the high likelihood of the proposed seismic survey encountering and having an adverse impact on: (i) blue whales if undertaken between November and April, (ii) southern right whales if undertaken between May and October, and (iii) southern bluefin tuna if undertaken between December and April; and (c) calls on the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (Mr Burke) to use his powers under the Act to reject Bight Petroleum's referral as clearly unacceptable to proceed at any time of year. Question put. The Senate divided— AYES,9
NOES, 39
Question negatived.
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