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senate vote 2018-10-17#7
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Motions — Warragamba Dam Wall- Motions - Warragamba Dam Wall - Do not raise
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<p class="speaker">Mehreen Faruqi</p><p>I move:</p><p class="italic">That the Senate—</p>- The majority voted against a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2018-10-17.215.1) introduced by Greens Senator [Mehreen Faruqi](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/nsw/mehreen_faruqi) (NSW), which means it failed.
- ### Motion text
- > *That the Senate—*
- > *(a) notes that:*
- >> *(i) the New South Wales (NSW) Government is proposing to raise the [Warragamba Dam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warragamba_Dam) wall by fourteen metres, which could inundate up to 4 700 hectares of national parks and 65 kilometres of wilderness streams and rivers, irreversibly damaging the integrity of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area (GBMWHA),*
- >> *(ii) there are 25 threatened plant and animal species which inhabit the proposed inundation area, including the Camden White Gum, Kowmung Hakea and near-extinct honeyeaters, and*
- >> *(iii) there are alternatives for protecting the region from flooding, and the community is sceptical that raising the dam wall is just a plan to allow a huge increase in inappropriate property developments on the floodplains of the Hawkesbury and Nepean Rivers;*
- > *(b) opposes the NSW Government's plans to raise the Warragamba Dam wall; and*
- > *(c) calls on the Minister for the Environment to block federal approvals required to raise the Warragamba Dam wall.*
<p class="italic">(a) notes that:</p><p class="italic">  (i) the New South Wales (NSW) Government is proposing to raise the Warragamba Dam wall by fourteen metres, which could inundate up to 4 700 hectares of national parks and 65 kilometres of wilderness streams and rivers, irreversibly damaging the integrity of the Greater Blue Mountains World Heritage Area (GBMWHA),</p><p class="italic">  (ii) there are 25 threatened plant and animal species which inhabit the proposed inundation area, including the Camden White Gum, Kowmung Hakea and near-extinct honeyeaters, and</p><p class="italic">  (iii) there are alternatives for protecting the region from flooding, and the community is sceptical that raising the dam wall is just a plan to allow a huge increase in inappropriate property developments on the floodplains of the Hawkesbury and Nepean Rivers;</p><p class="italic">(b) opposes the NSW Government's plans to raise the Warragamba Dam wall; and</p><p class="italic">(c) calls on the Minister for the Environment to block federal approvals required to raise the Warragamba Dam wall.</p> <p class="speaker">Anne Ruston</p><p>I seek leave to make a short statement.</p> <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p><p>Leave is granted for one minute.</p> <p class="speaker">Anne Ruston</p><p>The proposal to raise the height of the Warragamba Dam wall for flood mitigation has been referred under the EPBC Act. It will undergo a rigorous assessment in accordance with the requirements of the act.</p> <p class="speaker">Anthony Chisholm</p><p>I seek leave to make a short statement.</p> <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p><p>Leave is granted for one minute.</p> <p class="speaker">Anthony Chisholm</p><p>Labor does not support this motion. Labor never supports a motion that calls on federal approvals under the EPBC Act to be blocked or prejudges a decision on an EPBC Act decision, because it is unlawful to do so.</p> <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p><p>The question is that matter No. 1137 be agreed to.</p>
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