Division Description Changes — White Paper on Global Population — 13th Nov 2008

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senate vote 2008-11-13#1 Edited by mackay staff on 2018-03-16 13:34:04	Title ~~White Paper on Global Population~~ Motions - White Paper on Global Population - Develop Description ~~<p class="speaker">Bob Brown</p>~~ ~~<p>I move:</p>~~ <dl><dt></dt><dd>That the Senate calls on the Government to develop a white paper on population during this period of government which takes into account:<dl><dt>(a)</dt><dd>projections of a global population of between 9 to 10 billion people by 2050;</dd><dt>(b)</dt><dd>the inability of the Earth to provide for 9 to 10 billion people if average resource consumption is to be at current levels in Australia;</dd><dt>(c)</dt><dd>climate change;</dd><dt>(d)</dt><dd>Australia’s inability to host exponential population growth; and</dd><dt>(e)</dt><dd>the wellbeing of future generations and life on Earth.</dd></dl></dd></dl><p>Question put.</p> The majority voted against a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2008-11-13.13.2) introduced by Greens Senator for Tasmania [Bob Brown](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/bob_brown), which means the motion failed. ### Motion text > That the Senate calls on the Government to develop a white paper on population during this period of government which takes into account: *> (a)** projections of a global population of between 9 to 10 billion people by 2050;* *> (b)** the inability of the Earth to provide for 9 to 10 billion people if average resource consumption is to be at current levels in Australia;* *> (c)** climate change;* *> (d)** Australia’s inability to host exponential population growth; and* *> (e)** the wellbeing of future generations and life on Earth.*

~~Bob Brown~~
~~I move:~~
<dl><dt></dt><dd>That the Senate calls on the Government to develop a white paper on population during this period of government which takes into account:<dl><dt>(a)</dt><dd>projections of a global population of between 9 to 10 billion people by 2050;</dd><dt>(b)</dt><dd>the inability of the Earth to provide for 9 to 10 billion people if average resource consumption is to be at current levels in Australia;</dd><dt>(c)</dt><dd>climate change;</dd><dt>(d)</dt><dd>Australia’s inability to host exponential population growth; and</dd><dt>(e)</dt><dd>the wellbeing of future generations and life on Earth.</dd></dl></dd></dl>Question put.
The majority voted against a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2008-11-13.13.2) introduced by Greens Senator for Tasmania [Bob Brown](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/bob_brown), which means the motion failed.
### Motion text
> *That the Senate calls on the Government to develop a white paper on population during this period of government which takes into account:*
> *(a) projections of a global population of between 9 to 10 billion people by 2050;*
> *(b) the inability of the Earth to provide for 9 to 10 billion people if average resource consumption is to be at current levels in Australia;*
> *(c) climate change;*
> *(d) Australia’s inability to host exponential population growth; and*
> *(e) the wellbeing of future generations and life on Earth.*