Bill
Constitution Alteration (Water Resources) 2019 [No. 2]
lapsed, as at 2020-02-25. (s) SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Rebekha Sharkie
- Portfolio
- (s) SHARKIE, Rebekha, MP
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2019-07-29
- second reading — 2019-07-29
- other — 2020-02-25
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 2019-07-29.
This bill would ask Australians in a referendum whether the Constitution should be changed to let the Commonwealth Parliament make laws managing water resources nationally while protecting the environment.
The change would give the Commonwealth clear power to legislate for water resources that cross state borders, without needing state referrals, and could override state laws.
Any Commonwealth law about water resources must not have an overall harmful effect on the environment.
- The bill would put a proposed constitutional amendment to a referendum.
- It would give the Commonwealth Parliament power to manage water resources that extend beyond a state's limits.
- It would require that any Commonwealth law on water resources must not harm the environment overall.
The Australian people, the Commonwealth Parliament, and the states and territories that share the Murray-Darling Basin and Great Artesian Basin.
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