Bill
Climate Change (National Framework for Adaptation and Mitigation) (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2020
lapsed, as at 2021-06-22. (s) STEGGALL, Zali, MP portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Zali Steggall
- Portfolio
- (s) STEGGALL, Zali, MP
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2020-11-09
- second reading — 2020-11-09
- other — 2021-06-22
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 2020-11-09.
The bill would amend several Commonwealth laws to support a new national climate framework.
It would repeal the Climate Change Authority Act 2011 to create an independent Climate Change Commission that advises the government and parliament.
The bill would require Commonwealth entities to consider and report on climate change risks under the Public Governance Performance and Accountability Act 2013.
- Repeal the Climate Change Authority Act 2011.
- Establish the Climate Change Commission.
- Require accountable authorities to consider and report on climate change risks.
Commonwealth entities and their accountable authorities.
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