Cory Bernardi (SA, Australian Conservatives) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate:

(a) notes that parts of Australia have been drought declared for years, including, at present, the whole state of New South Wales;

(b) further notes the public commentary about the National Energy Guarantee and concerns that farmers might bear an increased burden to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from their farming enterprises; and

(c) calls upon the Minister for the Environment and Energy, and other relevant ministers, to ensure that the National Energy Guarantee quarantines farmers from reducing such emissions for the foreseeable future.