24th Nov 2015, 3:45 PM – Senate Motions - Motor Vehicle Theft and Export - Personal Property Securities Register

The majority voted against Australian Motoring Enthusiast Party Senator Ricky Muir's motion on motor vehicle theft and export, which means that it was rejected.

Read Senator Muir's reasons for his motion.

Motion text

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) the National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council estimates that 20 passenger and light commercial vehicles are stolen and exported from Australia each week,

(ii) there are media reports that indicate that there has also been a spike in unrecovered, stolen four wheel drive vehicles in recent years,

(iii) terror experts claim that these four wheel drive vehicles are exported to Turkey and then driven across the border into Syria for use as armoured vehicles by terrorist organisations, and

(iv) vehicle exporters are not required to provide a clean Personal Property Securities Register report prior to the vehicle leaving the country; and

(b) calls on the Government to:

(i) require all vehicle exporters to provide to the relevant authorities a clean Personal Property Securities Register report as a mandatory compliance component of the export process, and

(ii) direct the responsible authorities to further investigate this problem in the interests of national security.