Bill
Water Amendment Bill 2018
passed, as at 2018-06-27. Agriculture and Water Resources portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Agriculture and Water Resources
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-05-10
- second reading — 2018-05-10
- second reading — 2018-05-30
- second reading — 2018-05-30
- third reading — 2018-05-30
- introduced — 2018-06-18
- second reading — 2018-06-18
- second reading — 2018-06-19
- second reading — 2018-06-21
- second reading — 2018-06-25
- second reading — 2018-06-25
- committee — 2018-06-25
- third reading — 2018-06-25
- passed — 2018-06-25
- royal assent — 2018-06-27
Divisions
- The majority voted in favour of a [motion](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2018-06-21.19.1): > *That the debate be now adjourned.* This means that [this debate](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2018-06-21.18.2) on the [Water Amendment Bill 2018](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r6112) will now end and the Senate will move on to discuss other subjects. — 2018-06-21, Senate: affirmative, ayes 38, noes 32
- The majority voted in favour of an [amendment](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/divisions/senate/2018-06-25/12) moved by South Australian Senator [Anne Ruston](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/sa/anne_ruston) (Liberal), which adds the words below to the usual [second reading motion](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/divisions/senate/2018-06-25/12). ### Amendment text > *At the end of the motion, add:* > > *"and for the purposes of subsection 48(2) of the Legislation Act 2003, the Senate approves the making of an instrument the same in substance as the [Basin Plan Amendment Instrument 2017 (No. 1)](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/divisions/senate/2018-02-14/11), which was disallowed by the Senate on 14 February 2018".* — 2018-06-25, Senate: affirmative, ayes 44, noes 15
- Water Amendment Bill 2018 - Second Reading - Agree with the bill's main idea — 2018-06-25, Senate: affirmative, ayes 44, noes 14
- Sarah Hanson-Young I move: (1) Page 6 (after line 11) , at the end of the Bill, add: Schedule 2 — Modifications of Basin Plan Water Act 2007 1 At the end of Part 2AA Add: 86AK Primacy of environmental considerations in delivering 450 GL of additional environmental water—modifications of Basin Plan 2012 (1) Section 7.09 of the Basin Plan 2012 has effect as if: (a) the words “while maintaining or improving social and economic outcomes” were omitted from paragraph (a) of that section; and (b) the words “economic, social and” were omitted from paragraph (d) of that section; and (c) the words “and benchmark conditions of development” were omitted from paragraph (d) of that section. (2) Subsection 7.17(2) of the Basin Plan 2012 has effect as if paragraph (b) of that subsection (including the heading) were omitted and substituted with the following: Improved environmental outcomes (b) The efficiency contributions to the proposed adjustments achieve improved environmental outcomes compared with the benchmark environmental outcomes. 2 Application (1) The modifications of the Basin Plan 2012 made by subsection 86AK(1) of the Water Act 2007 , as inserted by this Schedule, apply in relation to a supply measure or an efficiency measure, whether the supply measure, or the efficiency measure, was notified under section 7.12 of the Basin Plan 2012 before, on or after the commencement of this item. (2) The modifications of the Basin Plan 2012 made by subsection 86AK(2) of the Water Act 2007 , as inserted by this Schedule, apply in relation to an efficiency contribution that relates to an efficiency measure, whether the efficiency measure was notified under section 7.12 of the Basin Plan 2012 before, on or after the commencement of this item. I circulated the amendment in this chamber and it was referred to a number of times already through the second reading debate. This amendment seeks to ensure that the promised 450 gigalitres that was essential in securing South Australia's suppo — 2018-06-25, Senate: negative, ayes 14, noes 38
- Water Amendment Bill 2018 - Third Reading - Pass the bill — 2018-06-25, Senate: affirmative, ayes 38, noes 15
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2018-05-10.
The bill would let the Commonwealth Water Minister order the Murray-Darling Basin Authority to rewrite a part of the Basin Plan that Parliament has already rejected.
The Authority would not have to run the usual public and state consultation process when preparing such a rewrite.
The Minister must give the direction within 12 months of the original amendment being disallowed.
- Adds a power for the Minister to direct the Authority to prepare a Basin Plan amendment identical in effect to one that was disallowed.
- Exempts the Authority from the Subdivision F consultation process when acting on such a direction.
- Requires the direction to be given within 12 months of the disallowance.
The Murray-Darling Basin Authority, the Commonwealth Water Minister, and parties that would normally be consulted under Subdivision F, including the public, Basin States, and various committees.
Sources
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