Bill
Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Amendment (Procuring Australian Goods and Services) Bill 2016
lapsed, as at 2016-04-15. (s) KATTER, Bob, Jnr, MP portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Bob Katter
- Portfolio
- (s) KATTER, Bob, Jnr, MP
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2016-02-22
- second reading — 2016-02-22
- other — 2016-04-15
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 2016-02-22.
This bill would require that government contracts are carried out using Australian products and services.
It would impose a rule on federal agencies and their subsidiaries to buy Australian goods and services for their contracts.
The explanatory memorandum says the bill would create jobs, keep money in Australia, generate tax revenue, and support defence and industrial capacity, but does not specify when the requirement would start or how it would be enforced.
- Require Commonwealth contracts to be fulfilled with Australian goods and services.
- Create jobs for Australians and reduce welfare reliance.
- Ensure spending on government contracts stays in Australia.
- Generate tax revenue from that spending.
- Sustain Australia's technological, industrial and defence capabilities.
Commonwealth agencies, corporate Commonwealth entities and wholly owned Commonwealth companies, and Australian businesses and workers.
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