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senate vote 2013-06-20#4
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Motions — National Parks- Motions - National Parks - Protect
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<p class="speaker">Larissa Waters</p><p>I move:</p><p class="italic">That the Senate—</p>- The majority voted against a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2013-06-20.36.1) to protect Australia's national parks, which was introduced by Greens Senator [Larissa Waters](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/queensland/larissa_waters).
- ### Wording of the motion
- > *That the Senate—*
- > *(a) notes that:*
- >> *(i) Australians are outraged that our national parks are under threat from logging, grazing, shooting and tourism developments, and*
- >> *(ii) it is too late to secure by regulation national protection for national parks in this parliamentary term; and*
- > *(b) calls on the Government to act on its promise to protect our national parks by amending the [Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_Protection_and_Biodiversity_Conservation_Act_1999) before this Parliament rises.*
<p class="italic">(a) notes that:</p><p class="italic">(i) Australians are outraged that our national parks are under threat from logging, grazing, shooting and tourism developments, and</p><p class="italic">(ii) it is too late to secure by regulation national protection for national parks in this parliamentary term; and</p><p class="italic">(b) calls on the Government to act on its promise to protect our national parks by amending the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 before this Parliament rises.</p> <p class="speaker">John Hogg</p><p>The question is that the motion moved by Senator Waters be agreed to.</p>
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