Sue Lines (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The question is that the second reading amendment as moved by Senator Davey be agreed to.

David Pocock (ACT, Independent) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—President, could you please note my support for (b) on the sheet of amendments just moved by Senator Davey?

Sue Lines (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Thank you, Senator Pocock.

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

I move Pauline Hanson's One Nation amendment on sheet No. 2159:

At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate:

(a) notes:

(i) that water recovered by the South East Flows Restoration Project is included in the South Australian Government's water accounting as a sustainable diversion limit adjustment, and

(ii) the figure used is not accurately measured for surface water and aquifer flow into the Coorong and Lake Albert; and

(b) calls on the Minister for the Environment and Water to ensure the surface water and aquifer flow from this project is measured and accounted for accurately".

Sue Lines (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The question is that the second reading amendment as moved by Senator Roberts be agreed to.

Lidia Thorpe (Victoria, Independent) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move the second reading amendment standing in my name:

At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate:

(a) acknowledges the historical and ongoing exclusion of First Peoples from the use and management of Basin water resources; and

(b) calls on the Government to:

(i) recognise and respect the Sovereign rights of First Peoples in the Murray-Darling Basin to manage and care for lands and waters,

(ii) undertake work and consultation to align all water legislation and policies with the principles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,

(iii) ensure that the Minister for the Environment and Water and relevant water agencies, including the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, are required to consult and cooperate in good faith with First Nations in the Basin through their own representative institutions in order to obtain free, prior and informed consent in all decisions around water management,

(iv) recognise that women hold important water knowledge and reflect this in consultation with First Peoples around water use and management; and

(v) commence Treaty processes with all sovereign language groups so that all Nations can self-determine their own aspirations in relation to water access, use and ownership".

Sue Lines (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The question is that the second reading motion as moved by Senator Thorpe be agreed to.

Sue Lines (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Before I move to the next second reading amendment, I advise advisers at the back of the room that, once tellers are appointed, you are not to move and you are to be sitting down. Senator Van, are you seeking the call?

David Van (Victoria, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move the second reading amendment moved in my name.

Sue Lines (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The question is that the second reading amendment as moved by Senator Van be agreed to.

Question agreed to.

Original question, as amended, agreed to.

Bill read a second time.