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senate vote 2019-02-14#7

Edited by mackay staff

on 2019-02-28 14:39:09

Title

  • Motions - Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission - Reform needed
  • Motions - Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission - Respond to recommendations

Description

  • The majority voted in favour of paragraph (a)(i) to (iv) of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2019-02-14.58.1) introduced by South Australian Senator [Tim Storer](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/tim_storer) (Independent), which means it succeeded. Motions like these don't have any legal force on their own but are politically influential as they represent the will of the Senate.
  • The majority voted in favour of paragraph (b)(i) of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2019-02-14.58.1) introduced by South Australian Senator [Tim Storer](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/tim_storer) (Independent), which means it succeeded. Motions like these don't have any legal force on their own but are politically influential as they represent the will of the Senate.
  • ### Motion text
  • > *That the Senate—*
  • >
  • > *(a) notes that:*
  • > *...*
  • >
  • >> *(i) the Murray-Darling Basin needs more water to ensure its survival, the latest evidence of this being the fish-kills at Menindee Lakes,*
  • >>
  • >> *(ii) the management of the Murray-Darling Basin requires urgent reform,*
  • >>
  • >> *(iii) the Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission delivered its findings on 29 January 2019, including recommendations to:*
  • >>
  • >>> *(A) improve transparency by "requiring real-time data sharing and publication on water extractions",*
  • >>>
  • >>> *(B) abolish the water buybacks cap of 1,500 gigalitres, and*
  • >>>
  • >>> *(C) undertake further research into return flows so that we know the effects of irrigation efficiency projects, and*
  • >>>
  • >> *(iv) the Productivity Commission delivered its findings to the Federal Government on 19 December 2018, pointing out that:*
  • >>>
  • >>> *(A) the Murray-Darling Basin Authority's twin roles as overseer of the Plan and its regulator are "conflicted and the conflicts will intensity in the next five years", and*
  • >>>
  • >>> *(B) structural separation of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority into a Basin Plan Regulator and Murray-Darling Basin Agency is required to ensure effective implementation of the Plan; and*
  • >>
  • > *(b) calls on the Federal Government to:*
  • >> *(i) immediately respond to each and every recommendation proposed by the Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission and the Productivity Commission's review of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan, and*
  • >> *...*
senate vote 2019-02-14#7

Edited by mackay staff

on 2019-02-28 14:31:36

Title

Description

  • The majority voted in favour of paragraph (a)(i) to (iv) of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2019-02-14.58.1) introduced by South Australian Senator [Tim Storer](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/tim_storer) (Independent), which means it succeeded. Motions like these don't have any legal force on their own but are politically influential as they represent the will of the Senate.
  • ### Motion text
  • > *That the Senate—*
  • >
  • > *(a) notes that:*
  • >
  • >> *(i) the Murray-Darling Basin needs more water to ensure its survival, the latest evidence of this being the fish-kills at Menindee Lakes,*
  • >>
  • >> *(ii) the management of the Murray-Darling Basin requires urgent reform,*
  • >>
  • >> *(iii) the Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission delivered its findings on 29 January 2019, including recommendations to:*
  • >>
  • >>> *(A) improve transparency by "requiring real-time data sharing and publication on water extractions",*
  • >>>
  • >>> *(B) abolish the water buybacks cap of 1,500 gigalitres, and*
  • >>>
  • >>> *(C) undertake further research into return flows so that we know the effects of irrigation efficiency projects, and*
  • >>>
  • >> *(iv) the Productivity Commission delivered its findings to the Federal Government on 19 December 2018, pointing out that:*
  • >>>
  • >>> *(A) the Murray-Darling Basin Authority's twin roles as overseer of the Plan and its regulator are "conflicted and the conflicts will intensity in the next five years", and*
  • >>>
  • >>> *(B) structural separation of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority into a Basin Plan Regulator and Murray-Darling Basin Agency is required to ensure effective implementation of the Plan; and*
  • >
  • > *...*
  • >>
  • >> *...*
senate vote 2019-02-14#7

Edited by mackay staff

on 2019-02-28 14:31:14

Title

  • Motions Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission
  • Motions - Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission - Reform needed

Description

  • <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p>
  • <p>The question is that paragraph (b)(i) of motion No. 1374 be agreed to.</p>
  • <p>The question is that paragraph (b)(ii) of motion No. 1374 be agreed to.</p>
  • The majority voted in favour of paragraph (a)(i) to (iv) of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2019-02-14.58.1) introduced by South Australian Senator [Tim Storer](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/tim_storer) (Independent), which means it succeeded. Motions like these don't have any legal force on their own but are politically influential as they represent the will of the Senate.
  • ### Motion text
  • > *That the Senate—*
  • >
  • > *(a) notes that:*
  • >
  • >> *(i) the Murray-Darling Basin needs more water to ensure its survival, the latest evidence of this being the fish-kills at Menindee Lakes,*
  • >>
  • >> *(ii) the management of the Murray-Darling Basin requires urgent reform,*
  • >>
  • >> *(iii) the Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission delivered its findings on 29 January 2019, including recommendations to:*
  • >>
  • >>> *(A) improve transparency by "requiring real-time data sharing and publication on water extractions",*
  • >>>
  • >>> *(B) abolish the water buybacks cap of 1,500 gigalitres, and*
  • >>>
  • >>> *(C) undertake further research into return flows so that we know the effects of irrigation efficiency projects, and*
  • >>>
  • >> *(iv) the Productivity Commission delivered its findings to the Federal Government on 19 December 2018, pointing out that:*
  • >>>
  • >>> *(A) the Murray-Darling Basin Authority's twin roles as overseer of the Plan and its regulator are "conflicted and the conflicts will intensity in the next five years", and*
  • >>>
  • >>> *(B) structural separation of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority into a Basin Plan Regulator and Murray-Darling Basin Agency is required to ensure effective implementation of the Plan; and*
  • >
  • > *...*