Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes:

(i)

the recent decision by the Western Australian Minister for Indigenous Affairs to vary the protection of the Woodstock-Abydos Reserves in the Pilbara, in order to accommodate the building of a railway by Fortescue Metals Group Limited, and

(ii)

that the building of a railway on these reserves would impact on Aboriginal sites within the reserves; and

(b)

expresses regret at the potential loss of Aboriginal heritage and urges a review of the decision to vary the protection of the Woodstock-Abydos Reserves.

Question put: