Bill
Great Australian Bight Environment Protection Bill 2016
lapsed, as at 2019-07-01.
- Sponsor
- Hanson-Young
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2016-09-15
- second reading — 2016-09-15
- second reading — 2018-11-26
- other — 2019-07-01
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 2016-09-15.
The bill would ban mining and mineral exploration in the Great Australian Bight marine area.
It would create an offence for engaging in a mining operation there, punishable by up to 2 years imprisonment or 1,000 penalty units, or both.
The bill would take effect the day after it receives royal assent and would override other Commonwealth laws, including the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 and the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006.
- Prohibits mining operations in the Great Australian Bight marine area.
- Creates a criminal offence for mining in that area with a penalty of imprisonment or fine.
- Overrides existing Commonwealth laws that would permit such mining.
Oil and gas companies, mining operators, and the fishing industry in the Great Australian Bight region.
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