Senator WATERS (Queensland) (12:10): I move: That the Senate— (a) notes: (i) the huge community opposition to Metgasco's plans to drill for tight gas near Bentley in New South Wales, (ii) that tight gas extraction involves hydraulic fracking which risks precious water resources, and (iii) that 84.5 per cent of Bentley locals want their lands and road gas-field free; (b) congratulates the Bentley blockaders for their commitment to protecting their land, water, the climate and regional communities from big gas; and (c) calls on: (i) the New South Wales Government to respect the rights of protesters to peacefully protest, and to respond to the community's valid concerns by revoking Metgasco's gas exploration permit, and (ii) the Australian Government to extend the current protections for water resources under our national environment laws to all unconventional gas, to give landholders the right to say no to gas mining on their land, and to not hand responsibility for protecting land and water from big gas to state governments. I seek leave to make a very short statement. The PRESIDENT: Leave is granted for one minute. Senator WATERS: I just wish to place on record my congratulations to everyone who has been to the Bentley blockade on a success this morning, in that the exploration has been suspended and the company has been referred to ICAC, as have so many other companies in New South Wales. So I congratulate the blockaders for their persistence and courage and for standing up to protect New South Wales's land and water, and all of our climate. The suspension should, of course, now be a revocation. It is just not safe to jeopardise our land and water with this risky new industry. The motion calls upon the federal government to do more to protect water, not less—sadly, the minister, Minister Hunt, is now planning to give away the federal water protections to those very same cowboy states—and it also calls upon the federal government to give landholders the right to say no to this dangerous industry. Senators Ludlam and Rhiannon and I are very much looking forward to joining the folk at the blockade this weekend. (Time expired)