Bill
Water Amendment (Indigenous Authority Member) Bill 2019
passed, as at 2019-10-02. Water Resources, Drought, Rural Finance, Natural Disaster and Emergency Management portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Water Resources, Drought, Rural Finance, Natural Disaster and Emergency Management
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2019-07-04
- second reading — 2019-07-04
- second reading — 2019-09-11
- second reading — 2019-09-11
- third reading — 2019-09-11
- introduced — 2019-09-12
- second reading — 2019-09-12
- second reading — 2019-09-19
- second reading — 2019-09-19
- third reading — 2019-09-19
- passed — 2019-09-19
- royal assent — 2019-10-02
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 2019-07-04.
The bill would create a permanent seat on the Murray-Darling Basin Authority for an Indigenous member.
The member would be chosen for their expertise in Indigenous water matters, not as a regional representative, and would face the same appointment rules as other part-time members.
The Authority's size would grow from six to seven members, and the member must meet the Water Act's definition of an Indigenous person.
- The bill adds a standing Indigenous member to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority.
- It sets eligibility criteria for the role, requiring a high level of expertise in Indigenous matters related to Basin water resources.
- It applies the same appointment process and conditions to the new member as to other part-time Authority members.
The Murray-Darling Basin Authority and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Sources
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