listen. He needs to live up to his word of engagement
listen. He needs to live up to his
engagement because if we want our education system to improve,
the voices of all should be heard. The
time for this debate has expired. I
call on Government
Orders of the Day No.
call on Government Orders of the Day
Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects)
stage. Social Security Legislation Rewrite
continued. Military Justice Legislation Amendment
continued. Military Justice
stage. I declare the House in committee for
committee for consideration of the Exclusive Economic
Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental
Continental Shelf (Environmental Effects) Amendment Bill, for further
consideration of the Social Security
Legislation Rewrite Bill, and for
consideration of the Military
consideration of the Military Justice Legislation Amendment Bill.
Members,
Members, the House in committee for the consideration of the Exclusive
Economic Zone and Continental Shelf
Economic Zone and Continental Shelf (Environmental
(Environmental Effects) Amendment Bill. For further
consideration of the Social Security Legislation
Rewrite Bill and
for consideration of the Military Justice Legislation
Amendment Bill. Members, we
turn first to the Exclusive Economic Zone
and Continental Shelf (Environmental
Effects) Amendment Bill. The
question is that Clause 1 stand
part.
question is that Clause 1 stand part. I call Angie
Thank you, Mr Chair. Yesterday I spoke in relation
to the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf
(Environmental Effects) Amendment
Bill in its second reading. What
a difference a day makes. We're here
today
difference a day makes. We're here
I perhaps spoke for two minutes in relation to this bill,
which was probably sufficient in relation to
the matter. It's
probably sufficient in relation to
today to seek in the committee stage as a whole is a different case
and wanted to
as a whole is a different case and
to have the conversation a little bit
to have the conversation a little
don't fully understand what this bill means. So, firstly, let's
again address the purpose of this
bill. Order! We are on clause 1,
which is the title of the bill.
Order! We are on clause 1, which is the title of the bill. The title
of the bill. Right. I have five
minutes to talk on the title of
the bill. You don't have to talk for five.
My apology, I thought we were
doing whole part. So this is not by best
work today. I've got to say.
Word for word, I have to find it.
Essentially if we look at the
work that we've had to do
over this last
essentially we have very few pages here. I'm just pulling out the bill
in relation
here. I'm just pulling out the bill
point of order. Mr Chairman, given the way the bill is drafted and
to ensure that the debate can be
a reasonable one I seek leave for
the debate on all of the clauses in
the bill to be taken as one
debate with each clause put separately at the
end. Leave is sought for that
purpose. Is there
end. Leave is sought for that
There appears to be not. Mr Chair. Just a moment.
There appears to be not. Mr Chair. Just a moment. Just
for clarification, it is now one
debate but each question will be
put separately. I call
Angie
House. I thought that that's what we were doing. OK. So this principal
act amend the
Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf
environmental affects act of 2012.
environmental affects act of 2012. Essentially, the act is to look at
the costs at a board of inquiry
and to make sure and set up that those
costs are recovered.
to make sure and set up that those costs are recovered. Costs are
recovered by the consenting
authority or the consenting
organisation or
organisation or the organisation seeking consent. Essentially
there isn't a lot more in this act,
Mr Chair, to talk about. It's
actual and reasonable costs, there is the
provision under the clause to ensure
that should the applying
consenter ask specifically for what those
costs might be, there
is the possibility to get
that information and essentially the bill clarifies
the costs incurred by the EPA in
deciding applications. They
are already cost recoverable and
this is just the process of the board of
inquiry. So, essentially, there
isn't a lot more the say about this.
isn't a lot more the say about this. However, I think there's really
one matter that we need to just
look at and that was the truncated process
and to just make the
point that during select committee we had seven
representatives,
representatives, or seven representatives from the oil and
gas and sea bed mining industries that
were spoken to or targeted
for consultation. The four out of five
of those respondents supported this
cost recovery, the other didn't
make mention of it. So essentially
we have a situation where there is not
a lot going on. Everyone agrees to
it, and accordingly, I commend
this bill to the House.
it, and accordingly, I commend this bill to the House. I call the
Hon Scott Simpson. I don't think
that this commit yes of the
whole House is necessarily going to take too
long. The parties across
the House, I think, are in agreement on this
bill. There is one aspect
that I want to