Sarah Hanson-Young SA, Australian Greens
4:04 pm
I move:
That the Senate—
(a) welcomes the decision by BP to withdraw its application to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight; and
(b) calls on the Turnbull Government to permanently ban all oil exploration and drilling in the Great Australian Bight.
James McGrath Queensland, Liberal National Party, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister
Mr President, I seek leave to make a short statement.
James McGrath Queensland, Liberal National Party, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister
The government deeply regrets BP's commercial decision to withdraw from the Bight. It is a sad day for South Australia.
Stephen Parry President
The question is that the motion moved by Senator Hanson-Young be agreed to.