Division Description Changes — Committees — Environment and Communications Legislation Committee; Meeting — 12th Sep 2023

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Title

  • Committees — Environment and Communications Legislation Committee; Meeting
  • Committees - Environment and Communications Legislation Committee; Meeting - Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023

Description

  • <p class="speaker">Sarah Hanson-Young</p>
  • <p>I would like the motion of Senator Davey to be recommitted. I thought we were voting on the amendment and not the substantive motion, so I would ask the Senate to recommit that vote.</p>
  • The majority voted against a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2023-09-12.110.2) introduced by NSW Senator [Perin Davey](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/nsw/perin_davey) (Nationals), which means it failed.
  • This vote was a recommittal. South Australian Senator [Sarah Hanson-Young](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/sarah_hanson-young) (Greens) asked for the vote to be taken again because, the first time around, she "thought we were voting on the amendment and not the substantive motion".
  • ### Motion text
  • > *That, in respect of the inquiry by the Environment and Communications Legislation Committee into the provisions of the Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023, the Senate directs the committee to hold public hearings in the Murray-Darling Basin communities of Deniliquin, Griffith, Mildura, Renmark and Shepparton before the committee reports, and invite representatives of these communities to give evidence over a period of a minimum of 4 hours for each community.*
  • <p class="speaker">The</p>
  • <p>I understand Senator Thorpe circulated an amendment which no-one moved, so that has disappeared.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Sarah Hanson-Young</p>
  • <p>I wasn't aware that was happening, so I didn't call for a division.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Sue Lines</p>
  • <p>Do you still want a recommittal?</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Sarah Hanson-Young</p>
  • <p>Yes, because, otherwise, we can't have a division, can we?</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Sue Lines</p>
  • <p>I did call this motion twice, so I would urge senators in this place to pay attention.</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Jonathon Duniam</p>
  • <p>I would seek clarification on whether the Greens are intending to move Senator Thorpe's amendment or it is just about the general&#8212;</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Sue Lines</p>
  • <p>The question is that general business motion No. 329 standing in the name of Senator Davey be agreed to.</p>
  • <p></p>