15th Aug 2018, 4:24 PM – Senate Documents - Murray-Darling Basin Plan - Order for the Production of Documents
Summary
EditThe majority voted in favour of a motion introduced by SA Senator Rex Patrick (Centre Alliance), which means it was successful.
Motion text
That the Senate:
(a) notes that transparency, in relation to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan and its implementation, is critical to public confidence; and
(b) orders there be laid on the table, by the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, by 23 August 2018:
(i) advices requested in a letter from the Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission to the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources of 3 May 2018, namely, all prior advice provided to the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources of 3 May 2018, concerning:
(A) the construction and proper interpretation of the Water Act 2007 and the Basin Plan,
(B) the lawfulness of the proposed amendment to the Basin Plan disallowed by the Senate on 6 February 2018,
(C) the lawfulness of the proposed amendment to the Basin Plan disallowed by the Senate on 14 February 2018,
(D) the lawfulness of the adjustment made to the Basin Plan, the subject of a disallowance motion defeated in the Senate on 8 May 2018, and
(E) the constitutional validity of the Water Act 2007 and the Basin Plan,
(ii) all documents, including any minutes of meetings made in accordance with section 196 of the Water Act 2007, evidencing the reasoning behind the change of reductions in diversions required to achieve environmental watering requirements of 3 856 GL (high uncertainty) and 6 983 GL (low uncertainty), down to a reduction in diversions to 2 750 GL in the report, The proposed 'environmentally sustainable level of take' for surface water of the Murray-Darling Basin: Methods and outcomes, dated November 2011, and the Basin Plan, as enacted on 23 November 2012,
(iii) all documents, including any minutes of meetings made in accordance with section 196 of the Water Act 2007, relating to the incorporation of social and economic outcomes into the determination of the long-term average sustainable diversion limit reflecting an environmentally sustainable level of take between 8 October 2010 and 23 November 2012,
(iv) all documents, including any minutes of meetings made in accordance with section 196 of the Water Act 2007, evidencing the further analysis conducted by the Murray-Darling Basin Authority to investigate the ability of alternative SDL options and water recovery strategies to achieve environmental objectives which lead to the adjustment of the recovery target from 2 800 GL to 2 750 GL,
(v) all documents, including any minutes of meetings made in accordance with section 196 of the Water Act 2007, referring to the analysis of the equivalent environmental outcomes as required by section 7.15(1) (c) of the Basin Plan of each of the 36 supply measures,
(vi) record of any agreement to use another method within the meaning of section 7 of the Basin Plan for any of the 36 supply measures, and
(vii) the peer review of the report, Guide to the proposed Basin Plan, dated October 2010.
Votes Passed by a small majority
Nobody rebelled against their party.
Party | Votes | |
---|---|---|
Cory Bernardi SA Australian Conservatives | Yes | |
Australian Greens (89% turnout) | 8 Yes – 0 No | |
Andrew Bartlett Queensland | Yes | |
Richard Di Natale Victoria | Yes | |
Sarah Hanson-Young SA | Yes | |
Nick McKim Tasmania | Yes | |
Janet Rice Victoria | Yes | |
Rachel Siewert WA | Yes | |
Jordon Steele-John WA | Yes | |
Peter Whish-Wilson Tasmania | Yes | |
Lee Rhiannon NSW | Absent | |
Australian Labor Party (88% turnout) | 22 Yes – 0 No | |
Catryna Bilyk Tasmania | Yes | |
Carol Brown Tasmania | Yes | |
Doug Cameron NSW | Yes | |
Kim Carr Victoria | Yes | |
Anthony Chisholm Queensland | Yes | |
Jacinta Collins Victoria | Yes | |
Patrick Dodson WA | Yes | |
Don Farrell SA | Yes | |
Alex Gallacher SA | Yes | |
Kristina Keneally NSW | Yes | |
Chris Ketter Queensland | Yes | |
Gavin Marshall Victoria | Yes | |
Malarndirri McCarthy NT | Yes | |
Claire Moore Queensland | Yes | |
Deborah O'Neill NSW | Yes | |
Helen Polley Tasmania | Yes | |
Louise Pratt WA | Yes | |
Lisa Singh Tasmania | Yes | |
David Smith ACT | Yes | |
Glenn Sterle WA | Yes | |
Anne Urquhart Tasmania | Yes | |
Murray Watt Queensland | Yes | |
Kimberley Kitching Victoria | Absent | |
Jenny McAllister NSW | Absent | |
Penny Wong SA | Absent | |
Centre Alliance (100% turnout) | 2 Yes – 0 No | |
Stirling Griff SA | Yes | |
Rex Patrick SA | Yes | |
Nigel Scullion NT Country Liberal Party | No | |
Derryn Hinch Victoria Derryn Hinch's Justice Party | Yes | |
Sue Lines WA Deputy President | Yes | |
Tim Storer SA Independent | Yes | |
Lucy Gichuhi SA Independent | No | |
Steve Martin Tasmania Independent | No | |
Fraser Anning Queensland Katter's Australian Party | Yes | |
David Leyonhjelm NSW Liberal Democratic Party | Yes | |
Liberal National Party (100% turnout) | 0 Yes – 2 No | |
Matthew Canavan Queensland | No | |
James McGrath Queensland | No | |
Liberal Party (78% turnout) | 0 Yes – 18 No | |
Eric Abetz Tasmania | No | |
Simon Birmingham SA | No | |
Slade Brockman WA | No | |
David Bushby Tasmania | No | |
Michaelia Cash WA | No | |
Richard Colbeck Tasmania | No | |
Jonathon Duniam Tasmania | No | |
David Fawcett SA | No | |
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells NSW | No | |
Mitch Fifield Victoria | No | |
Jane Hume Victoria | No | |
Ian Macdonald Queensland | No | |
Jim Molan NSW | No | |
James Paterson Victoria | No | |
Marise Payne NSW | No | |
Linda Reynolds WA | No | |
Dean Smith WA | No | |
Amanda Stoker Queensland | No | |
Mathias Cormann WA | Absent | |
Lucy Gichuhi SA | Absent | |
Anne Ruston SA | Absent | |
Zed Seselja ACT | Absent | |
Arthur Sinodinos NSW | Absent | |
National Party (100% turnout) | 0 Yes – 3 No | |
Bridget McKenzie Victoria | No | |
Barry O'Sullivan Queensland | No | |
John Williams NSW | No | |
Nick Xenophon Team (100% turnout) | 2 Yes – 0 No | |
Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party (100% turnout) | 2 Yes – 0 No | |
Peter Georgiou WA | Yes | |
Pauline Hanson Queensland | Yes | |
Scott Ryan Victoria President | No | |
Brian Burston NSW United Australia Party | Absent | |
Totals (88% turnout) | 42 Yes – 27 No |
Turnout is the percentage of members eligible to vote that did vote.