Jenny McAllister (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy) Share this | Hansard source

It's understood that the government organises the program for the Senate, and this is one of a very large number of things that we seek to advance through the parliament. It is the policy of the government to ratify the amendments that have been made to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter. These matters have been on foot since 2009. As I've indicated, they were initiated under the previous government. We are getting on with the ordinary business of government.