Colin Boyce (Flynn, Liberal National Party) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That this House:

(1) notes that the Great Artesian Basin:

(a) is unique, only one of its kind in the world;

(b) is the world's largest underground potable water source;

(c) covers 22 per cent of the area of Australia, 79 per cent of Queensland and 1.7 million square kilometres;

(d) is estimated to carry 65,000 cubic kilometres of water;

(e) is a vital resource for the agricultural industry and regional communities;

(f) supports significant Indigenous cultural values; and

(g) sustains a range of groundwater-dependent ecosystems; and

(2) calls on the Government to protect Australia's water aquifers and oppose Glencore's CTSCo Project to sequester carbon dioxide (CO2 hypercritical fluid) into the Great Artesian Basin.

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