Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate

(a)

notes the death of Australia’s grand old man of the environment, Mr Vincent Serventy, aged 91;

(b)

expresses its condolences to Mr Serventy’s wife, Carol, family and friends;

(c)

celebrates Mr Serventy’s life and achievements, from his early success in saving the Dryandra Forest in Western Australia to his role in helping save the Great Barrier Reef, and his ongoing efforts to establish ten green commandments, through a global bill of rights for the environment; and

(d)

recognises that Mr Serventy, as a bushman, educator, author, filmmaker and President of Honour of the Wildlife Preservation Society of Australia, made a remarkable contribution to Australia’s environmental well-being.

Question agreed to.