Senate debates Documents
Leadbeater's Possum; Order for the Production of Documents
Janet Rice Victoria, Australian Greens
3:47 pm
I move:
That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Energy, by no later than 9.30 am on 21 June 2017, the following documents held by the Department of the Environment and Energy: any nominations submitted seeking revised listing of the Leadbeater's Possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri) under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, including the completed nomination form(s) received.
James McGrath Queensland, Liberal National Party, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister
I seek leave to make a short statement.
James McGrath Queensland, Liberal National Party, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister
Nomination forms are routinely released by the Threatened Species Scientific Committee as part of a consultation process once a species or ecological community are included on the finalised assessment list.
Question agreed to.