Fiona Nash (NSW, National Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Water Resources and Conservation) Share this | Hansard source

I, and also on behalf of Senator Xenophon, move Senator Xenophon’s amendment (2) on sheet 5649:

(2)    Schedule 2, page 306 (after line 1), after item 97, insert:

97D  Before paragraph 172(1)(a)

Insert:

           (aa)    to pursue and, where appropriate, make recommendations to other agencies to pursue the objects of the Act as set out in section 3;

Unfortunately, Senator Xenophon had to leave the chamber for a few moments and I am happy to move the amendment for him. The coalition have indicated that we are supportive of Senator Xenophon’s amendment in this instance. If I could again just make the point that we were attracted to the phrase ‘make recommendations’ in the amendment. We believe that was a rather tighter construct than the previous amendment (18) by the Greens. It sought to deal more tightly with the intent of the amendment.