Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

  (i) the New South Wales Government plans to water down environmental rules to fast-track approvals for new dams and pipelines,

  (ii) the Murray-Darling River is in environmental collapse and bypassing environmental protections will do more harm,

  (iii) plans to override environmental protections will have negative impacts on downstream communities and the health of the river system, and

  (iv) building dams will not make it rain; and

(b) calls on the Federal Government to rule out giving any public funding to dam and water infrastructure projects that circumvent environmental assessment and do not abide by proper environmental protections.