Senate debates
Tuesday, 23 September 2008
Murray-Darling River System
3:43 pm
Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
I move:
- That the Senate—
- (a)
- notes that:
- (i)
- the mismanagement of the Murray-Darling river system is shaping up to be Australia’s largest environmental catastrophe, and
- (ii)
- on Sunday, 28 September 2008 a rally for the Murray River will be held in Adelaide to highlight the need for immediate, decisive action; and
- (b)
- calls on the Government to establish a taskforce to evaluate the options of the current Senate inquiry into the Lower Lakes and Coorong, and develop an action plan to put the solutions into place.
Question agreed to.