Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—   (a)   reaffirms the World Heritage significance of the Tarkine wilderness in the north-west of Tasmania;

  (b)   notes:

     (i)   the resolution passed unanimously by the Senate on 13 September 2007, that noted that the government had 'asked the Australian Heritage Council also to examine, identify and advise the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources (Mr Turnbull) of any World Heritage values contained in the areas proposed', and

     (ii)   that this request was never com­municated to the Australian Heritage Council or carried out; and

  (c)   calls on the government to:

     (i)   direct the Australian Heritage Council as a matter of urgency to advise the Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (Mr Burke) of any World Heritage values contained in the Tarkine area boundary already examined by the Council,

     (ii)   immediately include the Tarkine on the National Heritage List through the Minister's emergency listing powers, and

     (iii)   publicly release the Australian Heritage Council's 2010 report into the National Heritage values of the Tarkine.

Question put.

The Senate divided [12:06]

(The Acting Deputy President—Senator Mark Bishop)

Question negatived.