Bill
National Radioactive Waste Management Amendment (Site Selection, Community Fund and Other Measures) Bill 2020
passed, as at 2021-06-29. Industry, Science, Energy and Resources portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2020-02-13
- second reading — 2020-02-13
- second reading — 2020-06-11
- second reading — 2020-06-11
- committee — 2020-06-11
- third reading — 2020-06-11
- introduced — 2020-06-15
- second reading — 2020-06-15
- second reading — 2021-06-21
- second reading — 2021-06-21
- committee — 2021-06-21
- third reading — 2021-06-21
- other — 2021-06-22
- passed — 2021-06-22
- royal assent — 2021-06-29
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 2020-02-13.
This bill would specify a site in South Australia for a national facility to permanently dispose of low-level radioactive waste and temporarily store intermediate-level waste.
It would repeal the existing voluntary site nomination process and let the Governor-General acquire extra land for the facility or for all-weather road access.
The bill would also set up a new community fund, replacing an earlier fund, with the site at Napandee near Kimba in South Australia.
- Specifies the site for the facility as Napandee near Kimba in South Australia.
- Repeals the voluntary site nomination and selection framework.
- Allows the Governor-General to acquire additional land for expanding the site or for all-weather road access.
- Establishes a community fund to replace the previous capital contribution fund.
Communities involved in hosting the facility, the Commonwealth, and entities that generate or hold radioactive waste.
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