ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AMENDMENT (INDEPENDENT EXPERT SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON COAL SEAM GAS AND LARGE COAL MINING DEVELOPMENT) BILL 2012

Order of the day read for the consideration of message no. 505 from the House of Representatives in committee of the whole (see entry no. 26, 18 September 2012).

In the committee

SCHEDULE OF THE AMENDMENTS MADE BY THE SENATE TO WHICH

THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS DISAGREED

 (2) Schedule 1, item 2, page 3 (line 29), after "resources", insert "and/or land and its use".

 (4) Schedule 1, item 4, page 5 (line 17), after "resources", insert "and/or land and its use".

 (5) Schedule 1, item 4, page 5 (line 23), after "resources", insert "and/or land and its use".

 (6) Schedule 1, item 4, page 6 (line 2), after "resources", insert "and/or land and its use".

 (7) Schedule 1, item 4, page 6 (line 5), after "resources", insert "and/or land and its use".

 (8) Schedule 1, item 4, page 6 (line 9), after "resources", insert "and/or land and its use".

 (9) Schedule 1, item 4, page 6 (line 11), after "resources", insert "and/or land and its use".

 (10) Schedule 1, item 4, page 6 (line 17), after "resources", insert "and/or land and its use".

 (11) Schedule 1, item 6, page 7 (line 15), after "resources", insert ", and/or land and its use,".

 (12) Schedule 1, item 7, page 7 (line 20), after "resources", insert "and/or land and its use".

 (13) Schedule 1, item 10, page 8 (line 8), after "resources", insert "and/or land and its use".

SCHEDULE OF THE AMENDMENTS MADE BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

IN PLACE OF THE SENATE AMENDMENTS DISAGREED TO

 (1) Schedule 1, item 2, page 3 (line 29), after "water resources", insert ", including any impacts of associated salt production and/or salinity".

 (2) Schedule 1, item 4, page 5 (line 17), after "water resources", insert ", including any impacts of associated salt production and/or salinity".

 (3) Schedule 1, item 4, page 5 (line 23), after "water resources", insert ", including any impacts of associated salt production and/or salinity".

 (4) Schedule 1, item 4, page 6 (line 2), after "water resources", insert ", including any impacts of associated salt production and/or salinity".

 (5) Schedule 1, item 4, page 6 (line 5), after "water resources", insert ", including any impacts of associated salt production and/or salinity".

 (6) Schedule 1, item 4, page 6 (line 9), after "water resources", insert ", including any impacts of associated salt production and/or salinity".

 (7) Schedule 1, item 4, page 6 (line 13), after "development", insert ", including from any impacts of associated salt production and/or salinity".

 (8) Schedule 1, item 4, page 6 (line 17), after "resources", insert ", including any impacts of associated salt production and/or salinity".

 (9) Schedule 1, item 6, page 7 (line 15), after "area", insert ", including any impacts of associated salt production and/or salinity".

 (10) Schedule 1, item 7, page 7 (line 20), after "water resources", insert "(including any impacts of associated salt production and/or salinity)".

 (11) Schedule 1, item 10, page 8 (line 8), after "resources", insert "(including any impacts of associated salt production and/or salinity)".

The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (Senator Conroy) moved—That the committee does not insist on its amendments to which the House of Representatives has disagreed and agrees to the amendments made by the House in place of those amendments.

Debate ensued.

Document: Senator Xenophon, by leave, tabled the following document:

 Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Independent Expert Scientific Committee on Coal Seam Gas and Large Coal Mining Development) Bill 2012—Copy of letter from the Deputy Clerk of the Senate (Mr Pye) to Senator Xenophon, dated 12 September 2012.

Debate continued.

At 6.50 pm: The Acting Deputy President (Senator Crossin) resumed the chair and the Temporary Chair of Committees reported progress.