Bill
Office for Regional Australia Bill 2019
lapsed, as at 2019-04-11. (s) MCGOWAN, Cathy, MP portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Cathy McGowan
- Portfolio
- (s) MCGOWAN, Cathy, MP
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2019-02-18
- second reading — 2019-02-18
- other — 2019-04-11
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 2019-02-18.
The bill would create a new statutory agency called the Office for Regional Australia.
The Office would hold inquiries, coordinate policy, support regional development committees, and advise the minister on regional deals and planning.
The minister must table a statement of the government's regional policy at least once every five years, and the Office must deliver a 'Regional Australia Impacts Report' by 1 October each year.
- Establishes the Office for Regional Australia as a statutory agency.
- Gives the Office powers to conduct inquiries and research, similar to the Productivity Commission.
- Requires the Office to support the Regional Development Australia committee network with policy and research.
- Requires the Office to provide advice to the minister on regional deals and evaluate existing deals.
- Requires the minister to table a regional policy statement at least every five years.
- Provides for the appointment of a parliamentary joint committee to oversee the Office.
People and communities in regional Australia, government bodies, the Regional Development Australia committee network, and the minister.
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