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senate vote 2007-03-26#3
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The majority voted against a [http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2007-03-26.76.2 motion] introduced by Greens Senator [http://publicwhip-test.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/mp.php?mpn=Rachel_Siewert&mpc=Senate&house=senate Rachel Siewert]. This means that the motion was rejected.The motion was:''That the Senate:''''(a) notes:''''(i) the listing of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray-Darling_Basin Murray-Darling Basin] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Fund_for_Nature WWF] study ‘World’s top 10 rivers at risk’,''(The WWF study is available for download [http://www.wwf.org.au/crawl_publications.cfm?1510/Worlds-top-10-rivers-at-risk here].
)''(ii) that threats such as invasive species, over-allocation and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change climate change] are the reasons the river system has been listed as ‘at risk’, and''''(iii) the report’s recommendations that returning significantly greater environmental flows to the river will have major benefits in reducing the prevalence of some invasive species and improving river health; and''''(b) calls on the Government to begin purchasing water licences without further delay in order to return environmental flows to the Murray-Darling river system.''(Read more about water security in Australia on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_security_in_Australia Wikipedia].)References- The majority voted against a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2007-03-26.76.2) introduced by Greens Senator [Rachel Siewert](http://publicwhip-rails.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/mp.php?mpn=Rachel_Siewert&mpc=Senate&house=senate). This means that the motion was rejected.
- The motion was:
- _That the Senate:_
- _(a) notes:_
- _(i) the listing of the [Murray-Darling Basin](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray-Darling_Basin) in the [WWF](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Fund_for_Nature) study ‘World’s top 10 rivers at risk’,_(The WWF study is available for download [here](http://www.wwf.org.au/crawl_publications.cfm?1510/Worlds-top-10-rivers-at-risk). )
- _(ii) that threats such as invasive species, over-allocation and [climate change](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change) are the reasons the river system has been listed as ‘at risk’, and_
- _(iii) the report’s recommendations that returning significantly greater environmental flows to the river will have major benefits in reducing the prevalence of some invasive species and improving river health; and_
- _(b) calls on the Government to begin purchasing water licences without further delay in order to return environmental flows to the Murray-Darling river system._(Read more about water security in Australia on [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_security_in_Australia).)
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senate vote 2007-03-26#3
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- The majority voted against a [http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2007-03-26.76.2 motion] introduced by Greens Senator [http://publicwhip-test.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/mp.php?mpn=Rachel_Siewert&mpc=Senate&house=senate Rachel Siewert]. This means that the motion was rejected.
- The motion was:
- ''That the Senate:''
- ''(a) notes:''
''(i) the listing of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray-Darling_Basin Murray-Darling Basin] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Fund_for_Nature WWF] study ‘World’s top 10 rivers at risk’,''[1]- ''(i) the listing of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray-Darling_Basin Murray-Darling Basin] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Fund_for_Nature WWF] study ‘World’s top 10 rivers at risk’,''(The WWF study is available for download [http://www.wwf.org.au/crawl_publications.cfm?1510/Worlds-top-10-rivers-at-risk here].
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- ''(ii) that threats such as invasive species, over-allocation and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change climate change] are the reasons the river system has been listed as ‘at risk’, and''
- ''(iii) the report’s recommendations that returning significantly greater environmental flows to the river will have major benefits in reducing the prevalence of some invasive species and improving river health; and''
''(b) calls on the Government to begin purchasing water licences without further delay in order to return environmental flows to the Murray-Darling river system.''[2]- ''(b) calls on the Government to begin purchasing water licences without further delay in order to return environmental flows to the Murray-Darling river system.''(Read more about water security in Australia on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_security_in_Australia Wikipedia].)
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* [1] The WWF study is available for download [http://www.wwf.org.au/crawl_publications.cfm?1510/Worlds-top-10-rivers-at-risk here].* [2] Read more about water security in Australia on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_security_in_Australia Wikipedia].
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senate vote 2007-03-26#3
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- The majority voted against a [http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2007-03-26.76.2 motion] introduced by Greens Senator [http://publicwhip-test.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/mp.php?mpn=Rachel_Siewert&mpc=Senate&house=senate Rachel Siewert]. This means that the motion was rejected.
- The motion was:
- ''That the Senate:''
- ''(a) notes:''
- ''(i) the listing of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray-Darling_Basin Murray-Darling Basin] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Fund_for_Nature WWF] study ‘World’s top 10 rivers at risk’,''[1]
''(ii) that threats such as invasive species, over-allocation and climate change are the reasons the river system has been listed as ‘at risk’, and''- ''(ii) that threats such as invasive species, over-allocation and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change climate change] are the reasons the river system has been listed as ‘at risk’, and''
- ''(iii) the report’s recommendations that returning significantly greater environmental flows to the river will have major benefits in reducing the prevalence of some invasive species and improving river health; and''
- ''(b) calls on the Government to begin purchasing water licences without further delay in order to return environmental flows to the Murray-Darling river system.''[2]
- References
- * [1] The WWF study is available for download [http://www.wwf.org.au/crawl_publications.cfm?1510/Worlds-top-10-rivers-at-risk here].
* [2] Read more about water security in Australia on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_security_in_Australia Wikipedia].- * [2] Read more about water security in Australia on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_security_in_Australia Wikipedia].
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senate vote 2007-03-26#3
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Murray-Darling Basin- Motions - Murray-Darling Basin - Purchase water licences
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<p class="speaker">Rachel Siewert</p><p>I move:</p><dl><dt></dt><dd>That the Senate:<dl><dt>(a)</dt><dd>notes:<dl><dt>(i)</dt><dd>the listing of the Murray-Darling Basin in the WWF study ‘World’s top 10 rivers at risk’,</dd><dt>(ii)</dt><dd>that threats such as invasive species, over-allocation and climate change are the reasons the river system has been listed as ‘at risk’, and</dd><dt>(iii)</dt><dd>the report’s recommendations that returning significantly greater environmental flows to the river will have major benefits in reducing the prevalence of some invasive species and improving river health; and</dd></dl></dd><dt>(b)</dt><dd>calls on the Government to begin purchasing water licences without further delay in order to return environmental flows to the Murray-Darling river system.</dd></dl></dd></dl><p>Question put.</p> - The majority voted against a [http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2007-03-26.76.2 motion] introduced by Greens Senator [http://publicwhip-test.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/mp.php?mpn=Rachel_Siewert&mpc=Senate&house=senate Rachel Siewert]. This means that the motion was rejected.
- The motion was:
- ''That the Senate:''
- ''(a) notes:''
- ''(i) the listing of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray-Darling_Basin Murray-Darling Basin] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Fund_for_Nature WWF] study ‘World’s top 10 rivers at risk’,''[1]
- ''(ii) that threats such as invasive species, over-allocation and climate change are the reasons the river system has been listed as ‘at risk’, and''
- ''(iii) the report’s recommendations that returning significantly greater environmental flows to the river will have major benefits in reducing the prevalence of some invasive species and improving river health; and''
- ''(b) calls on the Government to begin purchasing water licences without further delay in order to return environmental flows to the Murray-Darling river system.''[2]
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- * [1] The WWF study is available for download [http://www.wwf.org.au/crawl_publications.cfm?1510/Worlds-top-10-rivers-at-risk here].
- * [2] Read more about water security in Australia on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_security_in_Australia Wikipedia].
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