Bill
Biosecurity Bill 2014
passed, as at 2015-06-16. Agriculture portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Agriculture
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2014-11-27
- second reading — 2014-11-27
- second reading — 2015-02-09
- second reading — 2015-02-09
- third reading — 2015-02-09
- introduced — 2015-02-10
- second reading — 2015-02-10
- second reading — 2015-03-18
- second reading — 2015-05-11
- second reading — 2015-05-12
- committee — 2015-05-12
- committee — 2015-05-13
- third reading — 2015-05-13
- other — 2015-05-14
- passed — 2015-05-14
- royal assent — 2015-06-16
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2014-11-27.
This bill would create a new legal framework for stopping pests and diseases from reaching Australia and for limiting the harm they can cause.
It sets up a watchdog role, the Inspector-General of Biosecurity, to independently check how biosecurity officials do their jobs.
That watchdog would not look at the work of the Director of Human Biosecurity or the officers who handle human health risks.
- The bill establishes a modern regulatory framework for managing biosecurity risks, including listed human diseases, ballast water, and emergencies.
- It creates the statutory position of Inspector-General of Biosecurity to review the performance and powers of biosecurity officials.
- It excludes the Director of Human Biosecurity and Human Biosecurity Officers from those reviews.
The Australian Government, biosecurity officials, and stakeholders in Australia's biosecurity system are affected.
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