Bill
Water Amendment (Purchase Limit Repeal) Bill 2019
lapsed, as at 2019-07-01.
- Sponsor
- Louise Pratt
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2019-02-13
- second reading — 2019-02-13
- 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 2019-02-13.
This bill would remove the current legal cap of 1,500 gigalitres on how much water the Commonwealth can buy in the Murray-Darling Basin.
It does this by changing the Water Act 2007 so that no statutory barrier prevents additional water purchases if a review or the Murray-Darling Basin Authority recommends them.
The change also covers the 605 gigalitre 'supply projects', meaning purchases could be made if those projects fail to deliver expected environmental outcomes.
- Repeals the 1,500 gigalitre limit on Commonwealth surface water purchases.
- Allows the Government to buy more water if a review or the Basin Authority advises it is needed.
- Removes the legislative obstacle to buying water beyond the cap when supply projects underperform.
The Commonwealth Government, the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, and communities and environments in the Murray-Darling Basin.
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