Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—The motion talks to:

... the agreement reached by logging industry representatives and non government organisations on the future for Tasmania’s forests.

That, of course, is an agreement on the principles. So it is exactly as Senator Colbeck stated. The motion is supporting that agreement that is signed off by the parties on both sides. I am surprised he is not going to support the motion. Having said that the parties would like to keep politics out of the process, the Liberals have cautiously welcomed the agreement. On the one hand they have welcomed the agreement and on the other hand, curiously, they are not going to support a very simple motion saying, ‘Well, let’s move that forward by getting support for it in the parliament.’ It needs that support. Senator Colbeck will be aware that there are attempts to undermine this historic agreement, which is going to be enormously—