Anne Urquhart (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to amend general business motion No. 381 standing in the name of Senator Wong.

Leave granted.

I move the motion as amended:

That the Senate—

(a) notes:

  (i) the death on 2 February 2020 of the Right Honourable Mike Moore, the thirty-fourth prime minister of New Zealand, third director-general of the World Trade Organization, and diplomat,

  (ii) the significant contribution made by Mr Moore to domestic politics in New Zealand and to the international community,

  (iii) that in international trade, both as a minister in New Zealand's Fourth Labour government and subsequently through the World Trade Organization, Mr Moore promoted the development of multilateral trade, including by:

     (A) ensuring the majority of the world's population came within the rules-based trading system, and

     (B) giving particular attention to helping developing nations participate effectively in the multilateral trading system,

  (iv) in 2004, Mr Moore was made an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia for service to the South Australian Government by developing initiatives in economic reform and for service to the education sector, and

  (v) that Mr Moore's legacy of public service will continue to guide others for many years to come; and

(b) expresses its sympathy to his widow Yvonne and all those in New Zealand and across the world who are mourning the loss of this eminent statesman.