Mehreen Faruqi (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I, and also on behalf of Senator Waters, move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

  (i) North Queensland is being ravaged by floods, and Townsville received more than a year's worth of rain before the end of the first week of February 2019, and

  (ii) the floods have been devastating for livestock, with more than 500,000 cattle estimated to have been killed, and another 150,000 in danger of starving to death; and

(b) calls on the Commonwealth Government to:

  (i) increase assistance to people affected by the Townsville floods, and to provide emergency assistance to save the lives of cattle that are currently starving, and

  (ii) more effectively plan for animal welfare in natural disaster responses.

Question agreed to.