QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator HANSON-YOUNG (South Australia—Manager of Australian Greens Business in the Senate) (14:31): One in six Australian bird species already is threatened with extinction. Australia has the highest rate of mammal extinction in the world because of habitat loss, climate change and other human impacts. When will you implement a moratorium on the clearing of critical habitat, given the bird flu issue and the fact that we're going to see our animals pushed to the brink of extinction?