Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes:

(i)

the valuable work of Trees For Life in South Australia, including the management of more than 4 000 hectares of threatened bushland and the training of 2 500 community bush carers, and

(ii)

that Trees For Life’s 10 000 members have volunteered approximately 100 000 hours to protect and enhance the South Australian environment; and

(b)

calls on the Government to reinstate funding to Trees For Life to provide for the protection of sights of conservation significance in South Australia.

Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—The government does not support the motion. The government received an application for funding from Trees for Life under the Caring for our Country Open Grants program. All applications were assessed and ranked in terms of how they addressed the priorities and the criteria set out in the application guidelines. The successful projects were those that more strongly demonstrated their ability to deliver outcomes against the Caring for our Country priorities. A great many other very good proposals that were assessed as eligible were ranked lower and unfortunately could not be funded this year.

Question agreed to.