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

I seek leave to table a document.

Sue Lines (WA, Deputy-President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Leave is not given, Senator Faruqi. If you can just give a brief outline of what the document is and circulate it—yes, Minister?

Zed Seselja (ACT, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Finance, Charities and Electoral Matters) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

We haven't seen this document.

Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Yes, you have.

Zed Seselja (ACT, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Finance, Charities and Electoral Matters) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Well, I haven't, and the leader hasn't.

Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The whip has.

Zed Seselja (ACT, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Finance, Charities and Electoral Matters) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Until we know what it is, the usual courtesies—

Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

We have shown you—

Sue Lines (WA, Deputy-President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Senator Siewert, unless you're calling a point of order, people are trying to sort the matter out. The government has indicated it wants to see the document.

Dean Smith (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

If it assists, perhaps Senator Faruqi might just be clear about what document she seeks to table. Then we'll be able to make an informed decision.

Sue Lines (WA, Deputy-President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I did ask that, and that was overridden. People wanted to see the document. Senator Faruqi, could you give just a brief outline of what the document is.

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

Sure. As Senator Siewert pointed out before, the document has been given to the government. It is a non-conforming petition relating to the climate emergency.

Dean Smith (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

If it is the non-conforming petition relating to climate change then leave is granted.

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

I table a non-conforming petition, signed by 125,000 people, relating to the climate emergency, and I seek leave to make a short statement.

Sue Lines (WA, Deputy-President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Leave is granted for one minute.

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

Australians are extremely concerned about the droughts, the floods, the extinctions and the water shortages caused by climate change. Fires are raging in New South Wales and Queensland, our rainforests are burning, one million of the world's species are at risk of extinction and our Murray-Darling Basin is on the brink of collapse. Emergency crews across the country are crying out for help, calling these severe events an omen of things to come. Communities are pleading for action. By not acting, this coal-loving, climate-change-denying government is putting us all at risk. Declare a climate emergency now. Act like our country is on fire, because it literally is.