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Senate Journal No. 132 - 7 February 2013
- 1 MEETING OF SENATE
- 2 PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE AMENDMENT BILL 2012 [2013]E PUBLIC SERVICE AMENDMENT BILL 2012
- 3 ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AMENDMENT (MAKING MARINE PARKS ACCOUNTABLE) BILL 2012
- 4 NOTICES
- 5 SELECTION OF BILLS—STANDING COMMITTEE—REPORT NO. 1 OF 2013
- 6 ORDER OF BUSINESS—REARRANGEMENT
- 7 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—VARIATION OF REFERENCE
- 8 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—SYRIA
- 9 SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (CARING FOR PEOPLE ON NEWSTART) BILL 2013
- 10 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 11 ENVIRONMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 12 WOMEN—INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ZERO TOLERANCE TO FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION
- 13 ADMINISTRATION—COUNTRY FIRE AUTHORITY
- 14 ADMINISTRATION—FUEL REDUCTION BURNS
- 15 WOMEN—VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
- 16 FINANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 17 GAMBLING REFORM—JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 18 RURAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS AND TRANSPORT REFERENCES COMMITTEE—EXTENSIONS OF TIME TO REPORT
- 19 COMMUNITY AFFAIRS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—REFERENCE
- 20 TRANSPORT—WESTERN AUSTRALIA—PUBLIC TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS—PROPOSED ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- 21 ADMINISTRATION—COURT FILING FEES—REVIEW—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS
- 22 IMMIGRATION—DETENTION FACILITIES
- 23 FOREIGN AFFAIRS—UNITED KINGDOM—MARRIAGE EQUALITY LEGISLATION
- 24 ECONOMICS REFERENCES COMMITTEE—LEAVE TO MEET DURING SITTING
- 25 TAXATION—MINERALS RESOURCE RENT TAX—ADVICE—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENT
- 26 COMMITTEES—ADDITIONAL INFORMATION—ESTIMATES
- 27 REGULATIONS AND ORDINANCES—STANDING COMMITTEE—DOCUMENT
- 28 CORPORATIONS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—REPORT—STATUTORY OVERSIGHT OF THE AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION
- 29 CUSTOMS AMENDMENT (MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES) BILL 2012E FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 4) 2012E INTERNATIONAL TAX AGREEMENTS AMENDMENT BILL 2012E OFFSHORE PETROLEUM AND GREENHOUSE GAS STORAGE AMENDMENT (COMPLIANCE MEASURES) BILL 2012E PROTECTION OF CULTURAL OBJECTS ON LOAN BILL 2012
- 30 LOW AROMATIC FUEL BILL 2012
- 31 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 32 WATER AMENDMENT (WATER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT SPECIAL ACCOUNT) E BILL 2012
- 33 ELECTORAL AND REFERENDUM AMENDMENT (IMPROVING ELECTORAL PROCEDURE) BILL 2012
- 34 QUESTIONS
- 35 ESTIMATES HEARINGS—QUESTIONS ON NOTICE—ANSWERS AND EXPLANATION
- 36 MOTIONS TO TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- 37 INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIANS—CLOSING THE GAP—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—DOCUMENTS
- 38 WOMEN—INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ZERO TOLERANCE TO FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION—MINISTERIAL STATEMENT—DOCUMENT
- 39 CORPORATIONS AND FINANCIAL SERVICES—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—STATUTORY OVERSIGHT OF THE AUSTRALIAN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENTS COMMISSION
- 40 INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—REVIEW OF THE RE-LISTING OF ANSAR AL-ISLAM, ISLAMIC MOVEMENT OF UZBEKISTAN, JAISH-E-MOHAMMAD AND LASHKAR-E-JHANGVI
- 41 INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—REVIEW OF THE RE-LISTING OF HIZBALLAH'S EXTERNAL SECURITY ORGANISATION
- 42 INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY—JOINT STATUTORY COMMITTEE—GOVERNMENT RESPONSE—REVIEW OF THE RE-LISTING OF FIVE TERRORIST ORGANISATIONS
- 43 FINANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—RESPONSE—THE PERFORMANCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY SERVICES
- 44 WORK OF COMMITTEES—DOCUMENT
- 45 PARTICULARS OF PROPOSED ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE—2012-13—DOCUMENTS
- 46 ESTIMATES OF PROPOSED ADDITIONAL EXPENDITURE FOR 2012-13—PORTFOLIO ADDITIONAL ESTIMATES STATEMENTS—PORTFOLIOS AND EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS—DOCUMENTS
- 47 DOCUMENTS
- 48 DEPARTMENTAL AND AGENCY GRANTS—ORDER FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS—DOCUMENTS
- 49 COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
- 50 ECONOMICS—GILLARD GOVERNMENT
- 51 GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS—ORDERS OF THE DAY—CONSIDERATION
- 52 LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS LEGISLATION COMMITTEE—EXTENSION OF TIME TO REPORT
- 53 COMMITTEE REPORTS AND GOVERNMENT RESPONSES—ORDERS OF THE DAY—CONSIDERATION
- 54 AUDITOR-GENERAL'S REPORTS—ORDERS OF THE DAY—CONSIDERATION
- 55 ADJOURNMENT
- 56 ATTENDANCE
WATER AMENDMENT (WATER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT SPECIAL ACCOUNT) E BILL 2012Order of the day read for the further consideration of the bill in committee of the whole. In the committee Consideration resumed of the bill. The Leader of The Nationals in the Senate (Senator Joyce) moved the following amendment: Schedule 1, item 2, page 7(line 26), at the end of paragraph 86AD(2)(b), add ", but only if such purchases achieve neutral or beneficial socio-economic outcomes". Debate ensued. Question—That the amendment be agreed to—put. The committee divided— AYES, 29 Senators— Back Bernardi Birmingham Boyce Brandis Bushby Cash Colbeck Edwards Eggleston Fawcett Fierravanti-Wells Fifield Heffernan Johnston Joyce Kroger (Teller) Macdonald Madigan Mason McKenzie Nash Parry Payne Ruston Ryan Scullion Smith Williams NOES, 35 Senators— Bilyk Bishop Brown (Teller) Cameron Carr, Bob Collins Crossin Di Natale Evans Farrell Feeney Furner Gallacher Hanson-Young Hogg Ludlam Ludwig Marshall McEwen McLucas Milne Moore Polley Pratt Rhiannon Siewert Singh Sterle Thistlethwaite Thorp Urquhart Waters Whish-Wilson Wright Xenophon Question negatived. Senator Joyce moved the following amendment: Schedule 1, item 2, page 10(after line 35), after paragraph 86AI(2)(c), insert: (ca) for all water recovery for which an amount was debited from the Water for the Environment Special Account during the report year for the purposes of paragraph 86AD(2)(b)—how that recovery achieved a neutral or beneficial socio-economic outcome;
Question—That the amendment be agreed to—put and negatived. Senator Hanson-Young moved the following amendments together by leave: Schedule 1, item 2, page 8 (after line 5), after subsection 86AD(2), insert: (2A) In debiting amounts for the purposes of making payments in relation to projects mentioned in paragraph (2)(a) or (c), priority is to be given to: (a) projects that will produce the maximum guaranteed increase in the volume of Basin water resources that are available for environmental use within the shortest time; and (b) projects that demonstrably take into account the most recent scientific knowledge in relation to ground water and climate change; and (c) projects that demonstrably enhance the environmental outcomes referred to in the objects to this Part. Schedule 1, item 2, page 9 (after line 9), at the end of section 86AF, add: (3) The terms and conditions must include a requirement that the financial assistance granted will be used for a purpose that: (a) is consistent with achieving, by 31 December 2019, an increase of at least 450 gigalitres in the volume of the Basin water resources available for environmental use; and (b) will enhance the environmental outcomes referred to in the objects to this Part. Schedule 1, item 6, page 13 (line 4), omit "subsection 86AF(2)", substitute "subsections 86AF(2) and (3)". Debate ensued. Question—That the amendments be agreed to—put and negatived. Senator Hanson-Young moved the following amendments together by leave: Schedule 1, item 2, page 10 (line 27), after subsection 86AI(2)(b), add: ; (iv) whether it is anticipated that that increase will meet the target of at least 450 gigalitres by 31 December 2019; Schedule 1, item 2, page 10 (line 35), after subparagraph 86AI(2)(c)(iii), insert: ; (iv) whether the project achieved the optimum water recovery volume against the expenditure of funds under the Water for the Environment Special Account as under subsection 86AD(2); Schedule 1, item 2, page 11 (line 19), omit "30 June 2024", substitute "31 December 2019". Schedule 1, item 2, page 12 (line 5), omit "30 September 2019", substitute "30 September 2015". Schedule 1, item 2, page 12 (line 7), omit "30 September 2021", substitute "30 September 2017". Schedule 1, item 2, page 12 (line 14), omit "2020-2021 financial year", substitute "2016-2017 financial year". Schedule 1, item 2, page 12 (line 16), omit "2022-2023 financial year", substitute "2018-2019 financial year".
86AK Audit of Water Special Account (1) Pursuant to the powers under Part 3, the National Water Commission must audit the Water for the Environment Special Account as soon as practicable after 30 June in each financial year from the date of establishment of the account. (2) The audit must report on: (a) the quantity of environmental water that was delivered to each project that receives payments under this Act; and (b) the value to the community of any payments made under paragraph 86AD(2)(c)(ii). Debate ensued. Question—That the amendments be agreed to—put. The committee divided— AYES,9
NOES, 38
Question negatived. Bill agreed to. Bill to be reported without amendment. The Acting Deputy President (Senator Bernardi) resumed the chair and the Temporary Chair of Committees reported accordingly. On the motion of the Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and Urban Water (Senator Farrell) the report from the committee was adopted and the bill read a third time.
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