Senate debates
Thursday, 20 September 2007
Carteret Islands and Sea Level Rise
10:15 am
Kerry Nettle (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
I move:
That the Senate:
- (a)
- notes:
- (i)
- the current visit to Australia of representatives of the Carteret Islanders of Papua New Guinea,
- (ii)
- that rising sea levels, caused by climate change, threaten the viability of the Carteret Islands, and
- (iii)
- the urgent need to relocate the population of the Carteret Islands; and
- (b)
- calls on the Australian Government to provide financial assistance to facilitate the relocation of Carteret Islanders.
Question negatived.