I give notice that on the next day of sitting I shall move that

The Senate –

     1. notes:

a. the deeply concerning reports of the persecution of the Rohingya people in Rakhine State in Myanmar, including United Nations’ estimates of the deaths of more than 1,000 people in a recent crackdown and the displacement of at least 97,000 Rohingya;

I give notice that on the next day of sitting I shall move that

The Senate —

[a]    Notes:

(i)      the resounding defeat of the Barnett Government in Western Australia on March 11, 2017

(ii)     the unnecessary, destructive land-clearing undertaken by Main Roads Department contractors at the site of the proposed Roe Highway project in the Beeliar Wetlands in contravention of state and federal approval conditions; 

Senator Scott Ludlam, Co-Deputy Leader of the Australian Greens, lodged a complaint with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission today querying whether WA uranium prospector Vimy Resources had made misleading statements to the Australian Securities Exchange.

With a small smart investment from government, Western Australia could become a hub for the national video games industry, which generates more than $2 billion a year, under a Greens plan released today.

"The massive success of mobile gaming, and the emerging technology of VR, present huge opportunities for the industry, and with just a few key measures, we could see a considerable amount of that work undertaken in Western Australia," Greens Communications spokesperson and Senator for WA Scott Ludlam said today.

The previous US administration’s massive ramp-up of dragnet surveillance, and Australia’s unquestioning subservience, has gifted the most powerful citizen surveillance apparatus in human history to a deeply unstable vindictive bigot, the Australian Greens said today.

The Federal Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg has given environmental approval to the Mulga Rock uranium mine in WA this week, just days ahead of the election, despite the lack of cross-party support for this toxic industry, the Australian Greens said. 

Australian Greens Co-Deputy Leader and Nuclear Issues spokesperson Senator Scott Ludlam said, “This week’s Federal Environmental Approval for the Mulga Rock uranium project is premature and deeply deficient.”

The snap senate inquiry into environmental breaches of the Perth Freight Link project has handed down a devastating report, unequivocally stating the project is proceeding in breach of state and federal environmental conditions, and works should immediately cease, the Australian Greens said today.

"This report is the most damning I have seen in my time in the senate. It makes clear what a disaster the freight link has been from the outset," Australian Greens Co-Deputy Leader and Senator for WA Scott Ludlam said today.