Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

   (a)  recognises:

      (i)   that areas of Tasmanian forest that have been logged have the potential to recover quickly, and

      (ii)  the rich biodiversity that can exist in areas of Tasmanian forest that have been logged, including waratahs, massive flowering displays, masses of birdlife, devils, quolls and wombats; and

   (b)  acknowledges that native forest industry based activities and vibrant, biodiverse forests are not mutually exclusive.

Question agreed to.

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

We will not divide, but I would like to have the opposition of the Greens to this motion recorded please.

John Hogg (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

That will be noted.

Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to make a short statement.

Leave granted for one minute.

I would just like to make the point that the motion we have just voted on is based upon Senator Bob Brown's own words in the media in Tasmania recently. The Greens have just voted against that motion, which is based on the words of Senator Brown.