Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

I move this motion about this very important matter for Queensland:

That the Senate notes:

(a)

that the Greens political party in Queensland has allocated preferences to the Bligh Labor Government in 12 marginal seats thus heightening the chances of the Labor Government being returned to office in Queensland at the election on Saturday, 21 March 2009;

(b)

the Greens political party both in Queensland and federally claim to oppose the construction of the Traveston Crossing Dam on the Mary River in Queensland;

(c)

that the Liberal National Party in Queensland has consistently and firmly opposed the construction of the Traveston Crossing Dam;

(d)

that the Bligh Labor Government has refused to rule out construction of the Traveston Crossing Dam and has indicated it would make an application to the Federal Government for Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act approval to construct the Traveston Crossing Dam after Saturday’s election in Queensland; and

(e)

the contradictory approaches of the Greens political party to construction of the Traveston Crossing Dam.