Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

At the request of Senator Birmingham and pursuant to contingent notice, I move:

That so much of standing orders be suspended as would prevent motion No. 1080 being moved immediately and determined without amendment or debate.

Question agreed to.

Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I would like it recorded that Labor is opposed to motion No. 1080.

Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Forestry and Fisheries) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move general business notice of motion No. 1080:

That the Senate—

(a) notes:

(i) farmers in the Murray-Darling Basin produce $24 billion worth of food and fibre per year, and

(ii) 2,029 gigalitres of water has been recovered from the consumptive pool under the Basin Plan; this represents a significant proportion of the consumptive water available in the Basin and has a major impact on agricultural productivity;

(b) congratulates:

(i) the Morrison-McCormack Government on the decision to close the inefficient Water Efficiency Program and pivot to off-farm water recovery, spurring an infrastructure boom across the Basin, and

(ii) the Morrison-McCormack Government on listening to communities and putting actions in place to reduce impacts from buy backs; and

(c) calls for the Minister to work with states to prioritise off-farm efficiency projects that invest in regional communities.

Question agreed to.

Larissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I ask that the Greens' opposition to general business notice of motion No. 1080 be recorded.

Scott Ryan (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Greens' opposition to that motion is recorded.

Malcolm Roberts (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—I table a short statement with regard to motion No. 1080.

Rex Patrick (SA, Independent) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I ask that my opposition to general business notice of motion No. 1080 be recorded.

Scott Ryan (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

It is noted.