Bill
Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2023
passed, as at 2023-07-03. Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2023-03-22
- second reading — 2023-03-22
- second reading — 2023-05-09
- other — 2023-05-09
- second reading — 2023-05-10
- second reading — 2023-05-10
- other — 2023-05-10
- committee — 2023-05-10
- third reading — 2023-05-10
- introduced — 2023-05-11
- second reading — 2023-05-11
- second reading — 2023-06-22
- third reading — 2023-06-22
- passed — 2023-06-22
- royal assent — 2023-07-03
Divisions
- Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment (Miscellaneous Measures) Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Prohibited financial assistance — 2023-06-22, Senate: negative, ayes 13, noes 29
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2023-03-22.
The bill would expand the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility's ability to lend money for building economic projects.
It would raise the facility's funding cap from $5 billion to $7 billion and add Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands to the region it covers.
The bill would also make clear that helping Indigenous people is part of the facility's purpose.
- Increases the NAIF's appropriation from $5 billion to $7 billion.
- Adds Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands to the definition of 'Northern Australia'.
- Clarifies that the Act's objectives include providing financial assistance for Indigenous benefit.
States, territories, other entities, and Indigenous persons in Northern Australia and the Indian Ocean Territories.
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