Senator Bob Brown to move on the next day of sitting:

That the Senate—

(a)

calls on the Government to ensure that, in the spirit of the open market, no subsidies, payments or escape of taxes or payments be given to the Gunns Limited’s proposed pulp mill in Tasmania; and

(b)

prefers that if taxpayer support for business is available it go to non-polluting, clean, green and environmentally-sustainable business.

Senator Milne to move on the next day of sitting:

That the Senate calls on the Government to pursue a reduction in emissions of synthetic greenhouse gases in the Australian refrigeration and air conditioning industry by:

(a)

requiring end-of-life recovery and recycling or destruction of substances;

(b)

introducing financial measures, such as a tax or a refundable levy on synthetic greenhouse gases, to achieve an increased use of alternative substances with a reduced or negligible global warming potential;

(c)

introducing phase-out dates for the use of hydrochlorofluorocarbons and hydrofluorocarbons in particular sectors with high emissions; and

(d)

instigating measures which require the adoption of not-in-kind technologies.