Richard Di Natale (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I, and on behalf of Senator Waters, move:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment, on 6 December 2018, documents relating to the Department of the Environment (the Department) investigation into alleged breaches by the Adani Corporation at its Carmichael mine site, including:

(a) records of any site inspection, including any photographs or videos taken;

(b) any brief of evidence prepared to enable the Department to conclude its investigation;

(c) any advice sought and received on the scope of the definition of 'mining operations';

(d) any correspondence between the Department and Adani;

(e) any matters of national environmental significance plan/s for the management of direct and indirect impacts of mining operations on the Doongmabulla Spring Complex or Black-throated Finch; and

(f) any correspondence between the office of the Minister for the Environment and the Department.