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

by leave—I move Australian Greens amendments (1) and (2) on sheet 5361:

(1)    Clause 3, page 4 (line 1), after “to provide for the”, insert “regular and systematic”.

(2)   Clause 3, page 4 (line 4), at the end of paragraph 3(h), add:

       ; and (iii)    the long-term health, resilience and sustainability of Australia’s rivers, wetlands and estuaries.

There are a couple of questions I would like to ask. But I would also like to make a few comments. I am disappointed with the way the government responded to the Greens amendments. Our amendments are the result of a well thought out, very strongly considered analysis of the bill and what people said during the limited inquiry. Unfortunately, I missed the end of Senator Ian Macdonald’s comments. I did hear him commenting on the Democrats’ contribution. I was called away to the phone and I missed what he said about the Greens amendments.