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Senate Journal No. 30 - 16 September 2008
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
- 3 FINANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION—STANDING COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 4 NOTICE—INTENTION TO WITHDRAW
- 5 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 6 TRADE PRACTICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2008
- 7 QUESTIONS
- 8 MOTIONS TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 9 PETITIONS
- 10 NOTICES
- 11 LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- 12 POSTPONEMENT
- 13 NOTICE OF MOTION WITHDRAWN
- 14 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY—COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION—CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
- 15 FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES—SINGLE AGE PENSION
- 16 ENVIRONMENT—MURRAY-DARLING BASIN SYSTEM
- 17 UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
- 18 ECONOMICS—STANDING COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTINGS
- 19 DISCUSSION OF MATTER OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE—EDUCATION
- 20 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY—AUSTRALIA'S GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—DOCUMENT
- 21 FAMILY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES—PROGRESS ON HOUSING AFFORDABILITY PROGRAMS—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—DOCUMENT
- 22 PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION TO ADMINISTER OATH OR AFFIRMATION
- 23 DOCUMENTS
- 24 DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY CONTRACTS—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 25 INDEXED LISTS OF DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY FILES—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENTS
- 26 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 27 ECONOMICS—STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT—AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION (FAIR BANK AND CREDIT CARD FEES) AMENDMENT BILL 2008
- 28 TRADE PRACTICES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2008
- 29 FIRST SPEECHES
- 30 HEALTH INSURANCE (DENTAL SERVICES) AMENDMENT AND REPEAL DETERMINATION—DISALLOWANCE—PROPOSED RESCISSION
- 31 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS—CONSIDERATION
- 32 ADJOURNMENT
- 33 ATTENDANCE
ENVIRONMENT—MURRAY-DARLING BASIN SYSTEMSenator Siewert, pursuant to notice of motion not objected to as a formal motion, moved general business notice of motion no. 189—That the Senate— (a) notes the threat to the communities and the environments of the Murray-Darling Basin posed by the combined pressures of climate change, extended drought and over-allocation of our limited shared water resources; (b) welcomes recent measures by some governments and communities of the basin to reduce their dependence on the system or recover and set aside water for environmental needs; (c) notes the concerns expressed by the Victorian Auditor-General in his analysis of the water savings claimed by the Victorian Government's Food Bowl Modernisation Project; (d) condemns the decision by the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts (Mr Garrett) to give approval to the Sugerloaf Pipeline under the provisions of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999; and (e) calls on all governments to commit that no new projects or schemes that increase the level of dependence on and the amount of water extracted from the system will be countenanced or approved. Question put and passed. | |