Division Description Changes — Greenhouse Gas Emissions — 7th Nov 2006

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senate vote 2006-11-07#3 Edited by mackay staff on 2016-04-14 13:52:10	Title ~~Greenhouse Gas Emissions~~ Motions - Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Report on emissions from logging and clearances Description ~~<p class="speaker">Bob Brown</p>~~ ~~<p>I move:</p>~~ <dl><dt></dt><dd>That the Senate calls on the Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation (Senator Abetz) to report, before the Senate rises in 2006, on:<dl><dt>(a)</dt><dd>the relevance in Australia of the Stern report’s conclusion that globally, destruction of forests creates more greenhouse gases than transport;</dd><dt>(b)</dt><dd>the quantity of greenhouse gases currently released by:<dl><dt>(i)</dt><dd>commercial logging of native forests, and</dd><dt>(ii)</dt><dd>other clearance of native vegetation in Australia;</dd></dl></dd><dt>(c)</dt><dd>the reliability of information available on and any measure being implemented to improve knowledge on paragraphs (a) and (b); and</dd><dt>(d)</dt><dd>any measures being undertaken by the Government to halt greenhouse gas emissions from the forests in our region and globally.</dd></dl></dd></dl><p>Question put.</p> The majority voted against a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2006-11-07.72.2) introduced by Greens Senator [Bob Brown](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/bob_brown). ### Motion wording > That the Senate calls on the Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation ([Senator Abetz](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/eric_abetz)) to report, before the Senate rises in 2006, on: *> (a)** the relevance in Australia of the [Stern report](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern_Review)’s conclusion that globally, destruction of forests creates more [greenhouse gases](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas) than transport;* *> (b)** the quantity of greenhouse gases currently released by:* *>> (i)** commercial [logging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logging) of native forests, and* >> (ii) other clearance of native vegetation in Australia; *> (c)** the reliability of information available on and any measure being implemented to improve knowledge on paragraphs (a) and (b); and* *> (d)** any measures being undertaken by the Government to halt greenhouse gas emissions from the forests in our region and globally.*

~~Bob Brown~~
~~I move:~~
<dl><dt></dt><dd>That the Senate calls on the Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation (Senator Abetz) to report, before the Senate rises in 2006, on:<dl><dt>(a)</dt><dd>the relevance in Australia of the Stern report’s conclusion that globally, destruction of forests creates more greenhouse gases than transport;</dd><dt>(b)</dt><dd>the quantity of greenhouse gases currently released by:<dl><dt>(i)</dt><dd>commercial logging of native forests, and</dd><dt>(ii)</dt><dd>other clearance of native vegetation in Australia;</dd></dl></dd><dt>(c)</dt><dd>the reliability of information available on and any measure being implemented to improve knowledge on paragraphs (a) and (b); and</dd><dt>(d)</dt><dd>any measures being undertaken by the Government to halt greenhouse gas emissions from the forests in our region and globally.</dd></dl></dd></dl>Question put.
The majority voted against a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2006-11-07.72.2) introduced by Greens Senator [Bob Brown](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/bob_brown).
### Motion wording
> *That the Senate calls on the Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation ([Senator Abetz](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/eric_abetz)) to report, before the Senate rises in 2006, on:*
> *(a) the relevance in Australia of the [Stern report](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stern_Review)’s conclusion that globally, destruction of forests creates more [greenhouse gases](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas) than transport;*
> *(b) the quantity of greenhouse gases currently released by:*
>> *(i) commercial [logging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logging) of native forests, and*
>> *(ii) other clearance of native vegetation in Australia;*
> *(c) the reliability of information available on and any measure being implemented to improve knowledge on paragraphs (a) and (b); and*
> *(d) any measures being undertaken by the Government to halt greenhouse gas emissions from the forests in our region and globally.*