Today, the ALP Government and the Coalition voted to continue with their plans to give New South Wales Premier Barry O’Farrell the power to destroy the threatened Australian koala.
Today, the ALP Government and the Coalition voted to continue with their plans to give Tasmanian Premier Lara Giddings the power to sacrifice the Tarkine wilderness for mining and development.
In the Senate today, I moved the following motion:
Today, the ALP Government and the Coalition voted to continue with their plans to give Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu the power to destroy the endangered Leadbeater’s Possum.
I give notice that on the next day of sitting I shall move that -
1. The Senate notes: a) The Environment Minister Tony Burke’s intention to transfer responsibility for protecting our nationally threatened species and wilderness places to state governments by March 2013. b) That Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett is ready to sacrifice James Price Point for a gas hub.
That the Senate take note of the answer given by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (Senator Conroy) to a question without notice asked by Senator Waters today relating to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and dumped dredge spoil.