Greens, One Nation motion for buybacks in Williamtown red zone defeated in the Senate

By Carrie Fellner
Updated December 12 2017 - 4:01pm, first published September 7 2017 - 6:30am
Greens senator Lee Rhiannon was behind the motion, to begin the process of buybacks for residents in the 'red zone'.
Greens senator Lee Rhiannon was behind the motion, to begin the process of buybacks for residents in the 'red zone'.

A MOTION for the Turnbull government to begin the process of a voluntary buyout in Williamtown’s ‘red zone’ is dead in the water, after it was blocked in the Senate by both major parties on Tuesday. 

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