Division Description Changes — Motions — Mining — 30th Jul 2019

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senate vote 2019-07-30#3 Edited by mackay staff on 2019-08-01 14:37:35	Title ~~Motions — Mining~~ Motions - Mining - Condemns protestor actions Description ~~<p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p>~~ ~~<p>The question is that paragraph B of motion No. 61 be agreed to.</p>~~ The majority voted in favour of paragraph B of the [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2019-07-30.104.1) introduced by WA Senator [Dean Smith](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/wa/dean_smith) (Liberal), which means it passed. ### Motion text > That the Senate— > > [...] > > (b) condemns the actions and hypocrisy of extremist protestors, including: > >> (i) a husband and wife who, despite being arrested nine times combined, blocked trucks leaving a concrete business that had urgent works to complete at a local nursing home, >> >> (ii) a 20 year old unemployed protestor who, despite growing up and living in his family's lavish waterside mansion on the Sunshine Coast, glued himself to a Brisbane central business district road, causing disruptions for tens of thousands of Qld workers, >> >> (iii) the numerous protestors who have attacked and disrupted small businesses which have contracts for the construction of the Carmichael Mine and are employing hard-working Queenslanders, and >> >> (iv) the comments made by Brisbane City Council Greens councillor, Cr Jonathan Sri, who has praised the "effective tactics" used by the Extinction Rebellion protestors, noting particularly that "As a politician I'm telling you that supporting disruptive civil disobedience and general strikes is probably your best option".

~~<p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p>~~
~~<p>The question is that paragraph B of motion No. 61 be agreed to.</p>~~
The majority voted in favour of paragraph B of the [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2019-07-30.104.1) introduced by WA Senator [Dean Smith](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/wa/dean_smith) (Liberal), which means it passed.
### Motion text
> *That the Senate—*
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> *[...]*
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> *(b) condemns the actions and hypocrisy of extremist protestors, including:*
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>> *(i) a husband and wife who, despite being arrested nine times combined, blocked trucks leaving a concrete business that had urgent works to complete at a local nursing home,*
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>> *(ii) a 20 year old unemployed protestor who, despite growing up and living in his family's lavish waterside mansion on the Sunshine Coast, glued himself to a Brisbane central business district road, causing disruptions for tens of thousands of Qld workers,*
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>> *(iii) the numerous protestors who have attacked and disrupted small businesses which have contracts for the construction of the Carmichael Mine and are employing hard-working Queenslanders, and*
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>> *(iv) the comments made by Brisbane City Council Greens councillor, Cr Jonathan Sri, who has praised the "effective tactics" used by the Extinction Rebellion protestors, noting particularly that "As a politician I'm telling you that supporting disruptive civil disobedience and general strikes is probably your best option".*