Division Description Changes — Papua New Guinea: Logging and Human Rights — 6th Sep 2006

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senate vote 2006-09-06#6 Edited by mackay staff on 2016-04-14 11:21:02	Title ~~Papua New Guinea: Logging and Human Rights~~ Motions - Papua New Guinea: Logging and Human Rights - Take immediate action Description ~~<p class="speaker">Bob Brown</p>~~ ~~<p>by leave—I table the document, ‘Bulldozing progress: Human rights abuses and corruption in Papua New Guinea’s large-scale logging industry’. I move:</p>~~ <dl><dt></dt><dd>That the Senate—<dl><dt>(a)</dt><dd>recognises that the logging of ancient rainforests in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is driving biodiversity loss and human rights abuses in that country at an alarming rate;</dd><dt>(b)</dt><dd>notes that:<dl><dt>(i)</dt><dd>PNG and Australian conservation and community groups have filed a formal complaint with the Australian National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises against the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ), and</dd><dt>(ii)</dt><dd>the complaint alleges that the ANZ is actively facilitating and supporting the PNG operations of Malaysian logging giant Rimbunan Hijau, a company whose operations involve serious human rights abuses, environmentally-destructive logging practices and repeated serious conduct;</dd></dl></dd><dt>(c)</dt><dd>supports the actions of  the conservation and community groups in bringing this potential breach of the guidelines to the Government’s attention; and</dd><dt>(d)</dt><dd>calls on the Government to take immediate action to investigate the allegations with a view to ending the forest destruction and human rights abuses occurring in PNG.</dd></dl></dd></dl><p>Question put.</p> The majority voted against the [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2006-09-06.76.2) introduced by Greens Senator [Bob Brown](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/bob_brown) to take immediate action to investigate [logging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logging) practices in [Papua New Guinea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea). ### Wording of the motion > That the Senate— *> (a)** recognises that the logging of ancient rainforests in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is driving [biodiversity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity) loss and [human rights](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights) abuses in that country at an alarming rate;* *> (b)** notes that:* *>> (i)** PNG and Australian conservation and community groups have filed a formal complaint with the [Australian National Contact Point](http://www.ausncp.gov.au/content/content.aspx?doc=home.htm) for the [OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OECD_Guidelines_for_Multinational_Enterprises) against the [Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_and_New_Zealand_Banking_Group) (ANZ), and* >> (ii) the complaint alleges that the ANZ is actively facilitating and supporting the PNG operations of Malaysian logging giant [Rimbunan Hijau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rimbunan_Hijau), a company whose operations involve serious human rights abuses, environmentally-destructive logging practices and repeated serious conduct; *> (c)** supports the actions of the conservation and community groups in bringing this potential breach of the guidelines to the Government’s attention; and* *> (d)** calls on the Government to take immediate action to investigate the allegations with a view to ending the forest destruction and human rights abuses occurring in PNG.*

~~Bob Brown~~
~~by leave—I table the document, ‘Bulldozing progress: Human rights abuses and corruption in Papua New Guinea’s large-scale logging industry’. I move:~~
<dl><dt></dt><dd>That the Senate—<dl><dt>(a)</dt><dd>recognises that the logging of ancient rainforests in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is driving biodiversity loss and human rights abuses in that country at an alarming rate;</dd><dt>(b)</dt><dd>notes that:<dl><dt>(i)</dt><dd>PNG and Australian conservation and community groups have filed a formal complaint with the Australian National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises against the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (ANZ), and</dd><dt>(ii)</dt><dd>the complaint alleges that the ANZ is actively facilitating and supporting the PNG operations of Malaysian logging giant Rimbunan Hijau, a company whose operations involve serious human rights abuses, environmentally-destructive logging practices and repeated serious conduct;</dd></dl></dd><dt>(c)</dt><dd>supports the actions of  the conservation and community groups in bringing this potential breach of the guidelines to the Government’s attention; and</dd><dt>(d)</dt><dd>calls on the Government to take immediate action to investigate the allegations with a view to ending the forest destruction and human rights abuses occurring in PNG.</dd></dl></dd></dl>Question put.
The majority voted against the [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2006-09-06.76.2) introduced by Greens Senator [Bob Brown](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/bob_brown) to take immediate action to investigate [logging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logging) practices in [Papua New Guinea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea).
### Wording of the motion
> *That the Senate—*
> *(a) recognises that the logging of ancient rainforests in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is driving [biodiversity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity) loss and [human rights](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights) abuses in that country at an alarming rate;*
> *(b) notes that:*
>> *(i) PNG and Australian conservation and community groups have filed a formal complaint with the [Australian National Contact Point](http://www.ausncp.gov.au/content/content.aspx?doc=home.htm) for the [OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OECD_Guidelines_for_Multinational_Enterprises) against the [Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia_and_New_Zealand_Banking_Group) (ANZ), and*
>> *(ii) the complaint alleges that the ANZ is actively facilitating and supporting the PNG operations of Malaysian logging giant [Rimbunan Hijau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rimbunan_Hijau), a company whose operations involve serious human rights abuses, environmentally-destructive logging practices and repeated serious conduct;*
> *(c) supports the actions of the conservation and community groups in bringing this potential breach of the guidelines to the Government’s attention; and*
> *(d) calls on the Government to take immediate action to investigate the allegations with a view to ending the forest destruction and human rights abuses occurring in PNG.*