Kerry Nettle (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate:

(a)

notes:

(i)

the tragic loss of more than 70 lives in the devastating bush fires that have raged across Greece since August 2007,

(ii)

the loss of livestock, native fauna and flora and thousands of acres of mature trees,

(iii)

that the Australian Government has donated $3 million in aid to Greece via the Greek Red Cross, and

(iv)

that the Australian Government further promised a number of Australian bushfire experts to assist Greek authorities; and

(b)

calls on the Government to:

(i)

investigate expanding the scope of Australian aid to Greece, and

(ii)

pledge Australian aid for appropriate replacement tree planting programs.

Question negatived.