Senate debates
Monday, 2 May 2016
Motions
Marine Parks
4:09 pm
Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source
I move:
(a) recognises that Australia has some of the world's greatest marine natural environments, with rich biodiversity and unique species;
(b) notes that:
(i) in 2016 Australian reefs, including the Great Barrier Reef and reefs off the coast of Western Australia, have experienced coral bleaching, and
(ii) the Government has undermined Australia's world-leading system of marine parks with the suspension of management plans for these marine parks; and
(c) calls on the Government to:
(i) make the marine parks operational without further delay, and
(ii) commit adequate funding for management, buyout and education.
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