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- Title
NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) BILL 1992
Second Reading
- Database
Senate Hansard
- Date
17-12-1992
- Source
Senate
- Parl No.
36
- Electorate
WA
- Interjector
- Page
5475
- Party
IND
- Presenter
- Status
- Question No.
- Questioner
- Responder
- Speaker
Senator CHAMARETTE
- Stage
- Type
- Context
Bill
- System Id
chamber/hansards/1992-12-17/0292
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Hansard
- Start of Business
- PETITIONS
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STATUTORY BODIES
- Membership
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NOTICES OF MOTION
- Days and Hours of Sitting
- Dr Bob Brown
- Grain Production in South Australia
- Victoria: Schools
- Australian Broadcasting Authority
- Hospitals
- Regulations and Ordinances Committee
- Unemployment: Graduates
- Compulsory Unionism
- Days and Hours of Sitting
- Australian Institute of Criminology
- Government Documents
- Sex Discrimination
- Government Documents
- Mr Mordechai Vanunu
- ORDER OF BUSINESS
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NOTICES OF MOTION
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Standing Committee on Industry, Technology and Commerce
- Withdrawal
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Standing Committee on Industry, Technology and Commerce
- TABLING OF DOCUMENTS
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COMMITTEES
- Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology
- BURMA
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AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION AMENDMENT BILL 1992
- First Reading
- Second Reading
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INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (RESOLUTION OF BOYCOTTS) AMENDMENT BILL 1992
- First Reading
- Second Reading
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ADMINISTRATIVE APPEALS TRIBUNAL AMENDMENT BILL 1992
- First Reading
- Second Reading
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COMMITTEES
- Standing Committee on Environment, Recreation and the Arts
- SPECIAL ADJOURNMENT
- LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- BILLS RETURNED FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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COMMITTEES
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Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration
- Report
- Standing Committee on Rural and Regional Affairs
-
Standing Committee on Finance and Public Administration
- CUSTOMS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 1992 CUSTOMS LEGISLATION (ANTI-DUMPING AMENDMENTS) BILL 1992 CUSTOMS TARIFF (ANTI-DUMPING) AMENDMENT BILL (No. 2) 1992 CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT BILL (No. 2) 1992
- CORPORATE LAW REFORM BILL 1992
- SEAFARERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION BILL 1992 SEAFARERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 1992 SEAFARERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION LEVY BILL 1992 SEAFARERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION LEVY COLLECTION BILL 1992
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MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST
- South Australian Liberal Party
- South Australia
- Toxic Chemicals
- Foreign Investment in Australia
- Public Service (Abolition of Compulsory Retirement Age) Amendment Bill 1992
- Food Labelling
-
Privatisation of Government Bodies
- Tasmanian Oyster Industry
- Mr Michael Pratt
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
- DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
-
QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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FAI Insurance: Westpac Bank
(Senator COLSTON, Senator TATE) -
Racism
(Senator BOURNE, Senator TATE) -
Textiles Industry
(Senator LOOSLEY, Senator BUTTON) -
Air Traffic Control Contract
(Senator MacGIBBON, Senator COLLINS) -
Wages of Women
(Senator REYNOLDS, Senator COOK) -
Prime Minister: Companies
(Senator MICHAEL BAUME, Senator BUTTON) -
Sexual Harassment
(Senator WALSH, Senator TATE) -
Hospitals
(Senator PATTERSON, Senator TATE) -
Unemployment
(Senator LEES, Senator COOK) -
Wool Tax Rebate
(Senator BOSWELL, Senator COOK) -
Indonesia: Earthquake
(Senator HARRADINE, Senator GARETH EVANS) -
Defence
(Senator DURACK, Senator ROBERT RAY) -
Exports to China
(Senator FAULKNER, Senator GARETH EVANS) -
Joint House Department: Public Liability Claim
(Senator HERRON) -
Motor Vehicle Industry Executives
(Senator MAGUIRE, Senator BUTTON) -
Tax on Services
(Senator BUTTON) -
Nuclear Reactors
(Senator BUTTON) -
Taxation Determinations
(Senator BUTTON) -
Pigs
(Senator GARETH EVANS) -
Ambassador to the OECD
(Senator GARETH EVANS) -
Public Service: Union Activities
(Senator COOK) -
Unemployment
(Senator COOK) -
Med-Network Systems Pty Ltd
(Senator TATE) - Joint House Department: Public Liability Claim
- Joint House Department: Public Liability Claim
- Joint House Department: Public Liability Claim
- Joint House Department: Public Liability Claim
- Joint House Department: Public Liability Claim
- Joint House Department: Public Liability Claim
- Joint House Department: Public Liability Claim
- Joint House Department: Public Liability Claim
- Joint House Department: Public Liability Claim
- Joint House Department: Public Liability Claim
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FAI Insurance: Westpac Bank
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MINISTER FOR TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATIONS
- Procedural Text
- Motion of Precedence
- Motion of Censure
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PETITIONS
- National Flag
- Procedural Text
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
- Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories: Grants
- SOMALIA
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COMMITTEES
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Superannuation
- Report: Government Response
- Reports: Government Responses
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Superannuation
- NEW ZEALAND FINANCE AND EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE
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GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
-
Australian Sports Drug Agency
- Annual Report
- Department of Tourism
- Tobacco Research and Development Council
- Australian Sports Drug Agency
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Private Health Insurance Administration Council
- Report
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Australian Sports Drug Agency
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DOCUMENTS
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Auditor-General's Reports 1992-93
- No. 17: Health Insurance Commission
- No. 18: Department of Social Security
- Report No. 19: Department of Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs
- Report No. 20: Department of Employment, Education and Training
- Report No. 21: Department of Employment, Education and Training
- Report No. 22: Department of Defence
-
Auditor-General's Reports 1992-93
- ORDER OF BUSINESS
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COMMITTEES
- Privileges
- ORDER OF BUSINESS
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COMMITTEES
-
Privileges
- 36th and 37th Reports
-
Privileges
- BILLS RETURNED FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT (CAR PARKING) BILL 1992
- SEAFARERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION BILL 1992 SEAFARERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION (TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 1992 SEAFARERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION LEVY BILL 1992 SEAFARERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION LEVY COLLECTION BILL 1992
- MIGRATION AMENDMENT BILL (No. 4) 1992
- ADJOURNMENT
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MIGRATION AMENDMENT BILL (No. 4) 1992
- Second Reading
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In Committee
- Senator HARRADINE
- Senator TATE
- Senator HARRADINE
- Senator TATE
- Senator CHAMARETTE
- Senator TATE
- Senator TEAGUE
- Senator HARRADINE
- Senator TATE
- Senator HARRADINE
- Senator TATE
- Senator HARRADINE
- Senator TATE
- Senator SPINDLER
- Senator TATE
- Senator SPINDLER
- Senator TATE
- Senator COULTER
- Senator TATE
- Senator COULTER
- Senator TATE
- Senator SPINDLER
- Senator TATE
- Senator CHAMARETTE
- Senator TATE
- Senator CHAMARETTE
- Senator TATE
- Senator HARRADINE
- Senator TATE
- Senator HARRADINE
- Senator TATE
- Senator HARRADINE
- Senator CHAMARETTE
- Senator TATE
- Senator SPINDLER
- Senator TEAGUE
- Senator TATE
- Third Reading
- TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT (CAR PARKING) BILL 1992
- TAXATION LAWS AMENDMENT BILL (No. 5) 1992
- CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT BILL (No. 2) 1992
- BILLS RETURNED FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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RURAL ADJUSTMENT BILL 1992 STATES GRANTS (RURAL ADJUSTMENT) AMENDMENT BILL 1992 FARM HOUSEHOLD SUPPORT BILL 1992 INCOME EQUALISATION DEPOSITS LAWS AMENDMENT BILL 1992
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In Committee
- Senator LEES
- Senator TAMBLING
- Senator COOK
- Senator LEES
- Senator COOK
- Senator LEES
- Senator COOK
- Senator LEES
- Senator COOK
- Senator LEES
- Senator COOK
- Senator LEES
- Senator COOK
- Senator LEES
- Senator COOK
- Senator LEES
- Senator TAMBLING
- Senator COOK
- Senator LEES
- Senator TAMBLING
- Senator LEES
- Senator TAMBLING
- Senator COOK
- Senator LEES
- Senator TAMBLING
- Senator COOK
- Senator LEES
- Senator TAMBLING
- Senator COOK
- Third Reading
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In Committee
- NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) BILL 1992
- BILLS RETURNED FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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NATIONAL RESIDUE SURVEY ADMINISTRATION BILL 1992 NATIONAL RESIDUE SURVEY (CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS) BILL 1992 NATIONAL RESIDUE SURVEY (COARSE GRAINS) LEVY BILL 1992 NATIONAL RESIDUE SURVEY (CATTLE TRANSACTION) LEVY BILL 1992 NATIONAL RESIDUE SURVEY (LIVESTOCK SLAUGHTER) LEVY BILL 1992 NATIONAL RESIDUE SURVEY (MEAT CHICKEN) LEVY BILL 1992 NATIONAL RESIDUE SURVEY (LAYING CHICKEN) LEVY BILL 1992 NATIONAL RESIDUE SURVEY (DAIRY PRODUCE) LEVY BILL 1992 NATIONAL RESIDUE SURVEY (HONEY) LEVY BILL 1992 NATIONAL RESIDUE SURVEY (HONEY EXPORT) LEVY BILL 1992 NATIONAL RESIDUE SURVEY (HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS) LEVY BILL 1992 NATIONAL RESIDUE SURVEY (HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS EXPORT) LEVY BILL 1992 NATIONAL RESIDUE SURVEY (OILSEEDS) LEVY BILL 1992 NATIONAL RESIDUE SURVEY (DRIED FRUITS) LEVY BILL 1992 NATIONAL RESIDUE SURVEY (WHEAT) LEVY BILL 1992 NATIONAL RESIDUE SURVEY (GRAIN LEGUMES) LEVY BILL 1992 NATIONAL RESIDUE SURVEY (GAME ANIMALS) LEVY BILL 1992 NATIONAL RESIDUE SURVEY (AQUATIC ANIMAL EXPORT) LEVY BILL 1992 NATIONAL RESIDUE SURVEY (HORSE SLAUGHTER) LEVY BILL 1992
- Second Reading
- In Committee
- Third Reading
- AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICALS (ADMINISTRATION) BILL 1992 AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICALS AMENDMENT BILL 1992
- COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYEES' REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION AMENDMENT BILL 1992
- BILLS RETURNED FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- STATUTORY BODIES
- JOINT HOUSE DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC LIABILITY CLAIM
- ADJOURNMENT
- DOCUMENTS
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ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
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Newstart Program
(Senator Reynolds, Senator Cook) -
Arts, Sport, the Environment and Territories: Grants
(Senator Short, Senator Collins) -
Mr Brown: Ms Murray
(Senator Alston, Senator Cook) -
Piparwar Coal Project
(Senator Bourne, Senator Gareth Evans) -
Defence: Joint Facilities
(Senator Chamarette, Senator Robert Ray) -
Aborigines: Yarrabah and Palm Island
(Senator O'Chee, Senator Collins) -
Australian International Development Assistance Bureau
(Senator Brownhill, Senator Gareth Evans) -
Local Government Development Program
(Senator Brownhill, Senator Tate) -
Ms Coral Bayley-Jones
(Senator Tierney, Senator Cook) -
Sudan
(Senator Chamarette, Senator Gareth Evans) -
Racial Discrimination
(Senator Chamarette, Senator Gareth Evans) -
Genetically Acquired Abnormalities: Register
(Senator Campbell, Senator Tate) -
Wildlife Protection: Controlled Specimens
(Senator Bell, Senator Collins) -
Australian Film Industry
(Senator Calvert, Senator Collins) -
Artificial Limbs
(Senator Newman, Senator Tate) -
Industrial Relations: Conscientious Objection
(Senator O'Chee, Senator Cook) -
Taxation: CER Review
(Senator Watson, Senator Gareth Evans) -
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: Administrator
(Senator Tambling, Senator Collins) -
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: Administrator
(Senator Tambling, Senator Collins) -
Anyinginyi Congress
(Senator Sowada, Senator Collins) -
Cyprus
(Senator Bourne, Senator Gareth Evans) -
Burma: Trade
(Senator Chamarette, Senator Gareth Evans)
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Newstart Program
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Thursday, 17 December 1992
Page: 5475
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Senator CHAMARETTE (2.10 a.m.)
—It is important at the outset to state that this Bill is integral to the overall approach to facilitating an ecologically sustainable agricultural industry in Australia. The Natural Resources Management (Financial Assistance) Bill, whilst undoubtedly a move in the right direction, has some shortcomings which require attention. The very definition of ecological sustainability is crucial in this regard, as Senator Bell has already mentioned.
In the context of an agricultural system, the major determinants for ecological sustainability, according to Dr John Cameron and Jane Elix from the Australian Conservation Foundation, are dependent on the system generating its own nutrients; having a high degree of species diversity; having high comparative energy efficiency; not being dependent upon fossil fuel energy sources; having internal mechanisms for control of pests and weeds; and being resilient, meaning it can return to its original productivity after a major external shock or a period of stress. Whilst these criteria are not always able to be met they are, nonetheless, an ideal that we should work to achieve. Unfortunately, this approach is not accepted in some circles where a more short term, economically based approach is favoured.
It is this difference in approach to ecologically sustainable development that points to the shortcoming in the drafting of the legislation. The Bill states that one of its objects is to facilitate natural resources management in Australia `consistent with the principles of ecologically sustainable development'. The phrase `ecologically sustainable development' is, however, not defined in the Bill and this could lead to either misunderstanding or manipulation by vested interests.
In most other respects, the Natural Resources Management Bill appears to be a positive step towards better management of our natural resources. In particular, it is pleasing to see at last that a more integrated and holistic approach is being adopted in government policy. We cannot continue to follow the reductionist approach that has dominated government policy making to date, in which the interconnectedness of ecological systems has been neglected or ignored. This approach should be reflected in all government legislation that relates to the environment in which we live because, after all, the environment represents our own life support system.
There is however a long way to go before we can truly claim to be on the path to sustainability. As Professor William Rees from the University of British Columbia in Canada stated in an article entitled `The Ecology of Sustainable Development':
Most discussion of sustainable development in the socio-political mainstream emphasises the need to sustain economic growth and assumes that we can `account for' the environment through greater efficiency of resource use, improved technology, better pollution control and wider use of environmental assessment. Such incrementalism may constitute a necessary first step but by itself would result in little more than a somewhat better dressed version of the growth-bound status quo, requiring a minimum of adjustment to either industry or individuals.
The evidence suggests, however, that we may be fast approaching absolute limits to material economic growth. We no longer have the luxury of `trading off' ecological damage for economic benefits if we hope to have a sustainable future. The maintenance of global ecological integrity necessarily becomes our highest priority and must be taken into account in every local and regional development decision.
Finally, from a personal perspective, it was invaluable for me to attend the Winning back the West conference in Fitzroy Crossing earlier this year. The conference initially examined the history of the pastoral industry in the Kimberleys and the devastating impact that that free ranging cattle grazing often had on the ecology of the region. We were then informed about the many initiatives in the area to minimise the impact of cattle grazing on the rivers and land. In the context of this Bill, it is important to note that the role of the local Landcare groups has been crucial in these developments.
It was also interesting to note at this conference that the local Aboriginal population is also contributing to these efforts, and this collaboration is perhaps beginning to assist in developing some common sense of care for the land that we all share. The sentiments expressed by Pat Dodson, from the National Reconciliation Council, and local Aboriginal representatives, during a wonderful meeting on the banks of a dry river bed on Louisa Downs Station were both inspirational and consistent with this belief.
The potential for different groups working together and having Aboriginal representation on the advisory committee is also exciting. As I said at the outset, I believe that this Bill, in establishing the National Landcare Advisory Committee and providing arrangements for financial assistance to the States for natural resources management projects, is a step in a positive direction. The Democrats amendments are further helpful additions because of the spelling out of ecologically sustainable development principles and improving experienced community representation on the advisory committee. I indicate my support for the Democrat amendments and for this Bill.