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Wednesday, 14 June 2023

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Fisheries Industry, Macquarie Island Marine Park; Order for the Production of Documents

4:34 pm

Photo of Jonathon DuniamJonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Environment, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | | Hansard source

I ask that general business notices of motion 237 and 238 be taken as formal.

Leave granted.

I move:

GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 237

That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water, by no later than midday on Wednesday, 21 June 2023:

(a) a list of the dates of formal meetings with the Chief Executive Officer of Austral Fisheries personally attended by the Minister for the Environment and Water since 1 June 2022;

(b) a list of the dates of formal meetings with the Chief Executive Officer of Australian Longline Fishing personally attended by the Minister for the Environment and Water since 1 June 2022; and

(c) a list of the dates of formal meetings with the Chief Executive Officer of Seafood Industry Australia personally attended by the Minister for the Environment and Water since 1 June 2022.

GENERAL BUSINESS NOTICE OF MOTION NO. 238

That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Water, by no later than midday on Wednesday, 21 June 2023:

(a) any emails, file notes, briefing materials or records of other interactions between the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) and the Minister for the Environment and Water that clearly show and specify the scientific basis of the Minister's decision to expand the size of the Macquarie Island Marine Park; and

(b) all other documents in the possession of DCCEEW and the office of the Minister for the Environment and Water that clearly show and specify the scientific basis of the Minister's decision to expand the size of the Macquarie Island Marine Park.

Question agreed to.

Debate adjourned.