Bill
Ending Native Forest Logging Bill 2023
lapsed, as at 2023-06-15.
- Sponsor
- Janet Rice
- Portfolio
- Not recorded
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2023-03-09
- second reading — 2023-03-09
- second reading — 2023-06-15
- second reading — 2023-06-15
Divisions
- Ending Native Forest Logging Bill 2023 - Second Reading - Agree with bill's main idea — 2023-06-15, Senate: negative, ayes 13, noes 32
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2023-03-09.
The bill would stop the logging of native forests by removing laws that allow exemptions from environmental protections.
It would repeal the Regional Forest Agreements Act 2002 and require the Minister and Threatened Species Commissioner to report on logging's impact on Australia's international commitments.
The changes would take effect the day after the bill receives Royal Assent.
- Repeals the Regional Forest Agreements Act 2002.
- Ends exemptions from the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 for forestry operations.
- Requires the Minister and Threatened Species Commissioner to provide statements on native forest logging effects.
- Terminates existing Regional Forest Agreements between the Commonwealth and states.
- Applies export control laws to wood from Regional Forest Agreements.
Native forest logging operations, the federal Minister, the Threatened Species Commissioner, and the states of Victoria, Tasmania, Western Australia, and New South Wales.
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