Senator URQUHART (Tasmania—Opposition Whip in the Senate) (15:45): At the request of Senators Bilyk and Brown, I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) the Australian Antarctic Division’s (AAD) headquarters is based in Kingston, Tasmania, (ii) the AAD currently employs approximately 300 staff at the Kingston headquarters, (iii) the AAD has a proud history of world-leading scientific research that has been led by a dedicated workforce based in the Kingborough municipality, and (iv) as a small suburban population centre, Kingston’s retail businesses are heavily reliant on the 300 jobs that the AAD headquarters provides; (b) expresses concern that the Minister for the Environment and Energy, and the Turnbull Government, are yet to publicly commit to maintaining the AAD’s headquarters in Kingston; and (c) calls on the Turnbull Government to: (i) commit to the long-term future of the AAD in Kingston, and rule out moving the location of the current headquarters, and (ii) further commit to not making any decisions that would result in a net loss of AAD staff from Kingston.