Peter Whish-Wilson (Tasmania, Australian Greens) | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That—

(1) There be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment, by no later than 28 April 2022, the submissions made in respect of the public consultation on the proposed changes to conservation planning decisions, as advertised on the Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment website, which were open from 17 September to 2 November 2021, relating to the following flora and fauna:

(a) the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii);

(b) Giant Kelp Marine Forests of south east Australia;

(c) Whale shark (Shincodon typus);

(d) Lowland Native Grasslands of Tasmania; and

(e) Subtropical and Temperate Coastal Saltmarsh.

(2) If the Senate is not sitting when the documents are ready for presentation, the documents are to be presented to the President under standing order 166.

Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to make a short statement.

Slade Brockman (President) | Link to this | Hansard source

Leave is granted for one minute.

Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) | Link to this | Hansard source

Hundreds of submissions were received during the public consultation process on these matters and without an unacceptable deviation of a departmental resource, the department does not have the capacity to contact all of them to seek their permission to release their submissions publicly.

Slade Brockman (President) | Link to this | Hansard source

The question is this motion be agreed to.