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

Before moving general business notice of motion No. 729, I ask that the name of Senator Watt be added to the motion. At the request of Senators Ayres and Watt, I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

  (i) the National Farmers' Federation (NFF) is the latest significant body which has reviewed its climate change policy and committed to net zero emissions by 2050,

  (ii) our agriculture sector is amongst the most adversely affected by the impacts of climate change,

  (iii) climate action will provide farmers with opportunities to participate in carbon markets, reaping the benefits of carbon-generated income for efforts to further improve the productivity and efficiency of farming practices, and

  (iv) in adopting net zero emissions by 2050, the NFF joins 73 nations, every state and territory, the Australian Industry Group, the Business Council of Australia, the energy industry, our biggest airline, mining company, bank and telecommunications provider, and countless experts and scientists;

(b) supports the NFF, its members, other growers and producers, all those along the food production value chain, and the research community to improve the prospects of meeting the NFF's ambition of making farming a $100 billion industry by 2030; and

(c) calls on the Morrison Government to accept net zero emissions by 2050 as Australia's long-term climate change goal, and implement policies that support the members of the NFF and others to achieve their shared goals of net zero emissions by 2050.