Division Description Changes — Bills — Future Drought Fund Bill 2019, Future Drought Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2019; Second Reading — 24th Jul 2019

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senate vote 2019-07-24#4

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on 2019-08-29 17:15:48

Title

  • Bills — Future Drought Fund Bill 2019, Future Drought Fund (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2019; Second Reading
  • Future Drought Fund Bill 2019 and another - Second Reading - Climate crisis

Description

  • <p class="speaker">Peter Whish-Wilson</p>
  • <p>I move the second reading amendment on sheet 8714 standing in my name:</p>
  • <p class="italic">At the end of the motion, add:</p>
  • The majority voted against a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2019-07-24.14.1) introduced by Tasmanian Senator [Peter Whish-Wilson](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/peter_whish-wilson) (Greens), which means it failed. The motion would have amended the usual second reading motion, which is that "*the bills be read [for a second time](https://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html)*". This is parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill.
  • ### Motion text
  • > *At the end of the motion, add:*
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  • > *", but the Senate:*
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  • > *(a) notes that the Bureau of Meteorology has stated that:*
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  • >> *(i) the current drought in the Murray-Darling Basin is the most severe in 120 years of records; and*
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  • >> *(ii) climate change is a significant cause of the severity of the drought; and*
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  • > *(b) calls on the Government to recognise that we are in the middle of a climate crisis which has implications for droughts in this country."*
  • <p class="italic">", but the Senate:</p>
  • <p class="italic">(a) notes that the Bureau of Meteorology has stated that:</p>
  • <p class="italic">&#160;&#160;(i) the current drought in the Murray-Darling Basin is the most severe in 120 years of records; and</p>
  • <p class="italic">&#160;&#160;(ii) climate change is a significant cause of the severity of the drought; and</p>
  • <p class="italic">(b) calls on the Government to recognise that we are in the middle of a climate crisis which has implications for droughts in this country."</p>
  • <p class="speaker">Scott Ryan</p>
  • <p>The question is that the motion be agreed to.</p>