Withdrawal

The majority voted in favour of deleting paragraph (a) from the original motion introduced by ACT Senator Katy Gallagher (Labor) at the request of Queensland Senator Anthony Chisholm (Labor). This change had been proposed in the name of Tasmanian Senator Jonathon Duniam (Liberal).

Original motion text

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) the Liberals and Nationals have teamed up with the Greens and One Nation to block:

(A) faster environmental approvals for businesses,

(B) easier access to the latest environmental data for businesses, and

(C) fast-tracking work with the states for critical minerals, housing and other energy projects,

(ii) under the last Liberal Government, the Liberals cut 40% from the federal Environment department,

(iii) under the last Liberal Government, the average decision for a new project was 116 days behind schedule, and

(iv) under the last Liberal Government, 80% of decisions contained errors or were non-compliant;

(b) calls on the Liberals and Nationals to rule out any future cuts to the Environment department; and

(c) That the government business order of the day relating to the Nature Positive (Environment Protection Australia) Bill 2024 and related bills be discharged from the Notice Paper.