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senate vote 2023-11-28#4
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Title
Bills — Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023; Second Reading- Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Complementary measures
Description
<p class="speaker">Sue Lines</p><p>The question is that the second reading amendment as moved by Senator Davey be agreed to.</p>-
- The majority voted against an amendment to the usual second reading motion (which is "that the bill be read a second time" - parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill). The amendment was introduced by NSW Senator [Perin Davey](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/nsw/perin_davey) (Nationals).
- ### Amendment text
- > *At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate:*
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- > *(a) notes that environmental outcomes could be enhanced by expanding the purposes of the Water for the Environment Special Account to include funding for projects which could contribute to the 450 GL increase of water for environment use through complementary measures and incidental water savings, such as rule-based changes and changing infrastructure to support fish movement; and*
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- > *(b) calls on the Government to work with the Basin States to deliver enhanced environmental outcomes through complementary measures".*
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