Extract from Senate Hansard Thursday, 17 September 2009
Page: 5
Senator BOB BROWN (Tasmania) (Leader of the Australian Greens) (10:01 AM) —I move:

That, following the sightings of a flock of swift parrots feeding in the forests of southeast New South Wales surrounding Bermagui, the Senate calls on the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts (Mr Garrett) to assess the status of these forests as swift parrot habitats and advise Forests NSW accordingly of any need to protect this vital habitat.
Senator LUDWIG (Queensland) (Special Minister of State and Cabinet Secretary) (10:02 AM) —by leave—The government does not support this motion. The day-to-day management of state forest and land in New South Wales is the responsibility of Forests New South Wales.
Senator BOB BROWN (Tasmania) (Leader of the Australian Greens) (12:00 AM) —by leave—As to the responsibility for the habitat of the swift parrot, the buck stops right with the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, the Hon. Peter Garrett, and the Rudd government. They cannot wash their hands of that responsibility under a national law and international responsibility and treaty obligations, as the minister has just tried to do. That is totally unacceptable from the government.
Question put.
[10:04 AM] The Senate divided.    
(The President—Senator the Hon. JJ Hogg)

DIVISION:NOES 28 (22 majority) AYES 6 PAIRS 0
AYES	NOES	PAIRS
Brown, B.J. Hanson-Young, S.C. Ludlam, S. Milne, C. Siewert, R. * Xenophon, N.	Adams, J. Back, C.J. Bernardi, C. Bilyk, C.L. Birmingham, S. Boswell, R.L.D. Colbeck, R. Cormann, M.H.P. Feeney, D. Ferguson, A.B. Fielding, S. Fierravanti-Wells, C. Forshaw, M.G. Furner, M.L. Hogg, J.J. Kroger, H. Ludwig, J.W. Marshall, G. Mason, B.J. McEwen, A. Moore, C. Nash, F. O’Brien, K.W.K. Parry, S. * Ronaldson, M. Ryan, S.M. Troeth, J.M. Williams, J.R.

* denotes teller
Question negatived.