At the request of the Chair of the Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee, Senator McEwen, I move:

That the report of the Environment, Communications and the Arts Committee on the effectiveness of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and other programs in protecting threatened species and ecological communities be presented as follows:

(a)

first report—by 11 March 2009; and

(b)

final report—on 24 April 2009.

Question agreed to.