Bill
Petroleum and Other Fuels Reporting Bill 2017
passed, as at 2017-08-23. Environment and Energy portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Environment and Energy
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2017-03-30
- second reading — 2017-03-30
- second reading — 2017-08-15
- second reading — 2017-08-15
- third reading — 2017-08-15
- introduced — 2017-08-16
- second reading — 2017-08-16
- second reading — 2017-08-16
- second reading — 2017-08-16
- third reading — 2017-08-16
- passed — 2017-08-16
- royal assent — 2017-08-23
Divisions
- The majority voted against the following [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/debate/?id=2017-08-15.10.2): > *That all words after “That” be omitted with a view to substituting the following words:* > *“whilst not declining to give the bill a [second reading](http://www.peo.gov.au/learning/fact-sheets/making-a-law.html) the House notes the Government’s:* >> *(1) lack of national energy policy, which is causing an investment strike in new electricity generation; and* >> *(2) failure to ensure an adequate and affordable gas supply for Australian industry while Australia becomes the world’s largest LNG exporter”.* This means that this wording is rejected and the [second reading motion](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/debates/?id=2017-08-15.105.2) will remain as it is. ### What is a second reading? A "second reading" motion is one where the house votes on whether they agree with the main idea of the bill. A bill needs to be read for a second time before it can be discussed in greater detail. This sort of motion (where extra text is added to a second reading motion without actually refusing it a second reading) is a way for the opposition to express their views without stopping a bill from actually passing through the house. — 2017-08-15, House of Representatives: negative, ayes 70, noes 75
- Petroleum and Other Fuels Reporting Bill 2017 and another - Third Reading - Speed things along — 2017-08-15, House of Representatives: affirmative, ayes 78, noes 67
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2017-03-30.
This bill is part of a package that would create a legal requirement for businesses to report data on petroleum, biofuels and other fuel-related products so the government can publish market statistics.
The Minister for the Environment and Energy could order people to provide fuel information to the department's Secretary, with the details of what must be reported set out in Ministerial Rules.
Departmental employees, consultants or contractors who break the prohibition on recording, using or disclosing protected information could face up to two years imprisonment.
- Establishes a mandatory reporting regime for fuel statistics.
- Gives the minister power to require reporting of fuel information.
- Creates a prohibition on recording, using or disclosing protected information, with penalties of up to two years imprisonment.
Businesses that deal with petroleum, other fuels and fuel-related products, and employees, consultants and contractors of the Department of the Environment and Energy.
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