Bill
National Emergency Declaration (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2020
passed, as at 2020-12-15. Attorney-General portfolio.
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- Attorney-General
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- The majority voted against adding [additional words](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2020-12-10.58.1) (see below) to the usual [second reading](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/) motion, which is "*that the bill be read a second time*" - parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill. This means the words won't be added. ### Amendment text > *At the end of the motion, add: ", but the Senate:* > > *(a) notes:* > >> *(i) the Prime Minister's failure to prepare adequately for the last bushfire season,* >> >> *(ii) the Prime Minister's catastrophic failure of leadership during the last bushfire season, which Australians have come to know as the Black Summer, and* >> >> *(iii) the bill largely re-states existing emergency powers of the Commonwealth Government; and* > > *(b) calls on the Prime Minister and the Government to:* > >> *(i) learn from their catastrophic failure to prepare for, or respond to, the Black Summer,* >> >> *(ii) urgently prepare for this disaster season, including by releasing funding for mitigation works from their $4 billion Emergency Response Fund, and* >> >> *(iii) accept, and implement, the Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements' recommendation to develop a sovereign aerial firefighting fleet".* — 2020-12-10, Senate: negative, ayes 27, noes 30
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