Emergency Response Fund Amendment (Disaster Ready Fund) Bill 2022

Summary

Amends: the Emergency Response Fund Act 2019 to: rename the Emergency Response Fund as the Disaster Ready Fund; change the title of the Act to the Disaster Ready Fund Act 2019; enable up to $200 million per financial year to be debited from the Disaster Ready Fund for natural disaster resilience and risk reduction; enable the minister to adjust the maximum disbursement amount by legislative instrument; transfer responsibility for fund expenditure to the National Emergency Management Agency; amend certain administrative arrangements in relation to transfers from the fund; and six Acts to make consequential amendments. Also enables the responsible ministers to make specified consequential amendments to the Emergency Response Fund Investment Mandate Direction 2020 by legislative instrument.

Progress

House of Representatives
Introduced and read a first time	07 Sep 2022
Second reading moved	07 Sep 2022
Second reading debate	25 Oct 2022
Referred to Federation Chamber	25 Oct 2022
Second reading debate	26 Oct 2022
Second reading debate	27 Oct 2022
Reported from Federation Chamber	27 Oct 2022
Second reading agreed to	27 Oct 2022
Consideration in detail debate Amendment details: 3 Government agreed to	27 Oct 2022
Third reading agreed to	27 Oct 2022

Senate
Introduced and read a first time	21 Nov 2022
Second reading moved	21 Nov 2022
Second reading debate	22 Nov 2022
Second reading agreed to	22 Nov 2022
Committee of the Whole debate Amendment details: 1 Opposition and 1 Independent (Senator Pocock) agreed to	22 Nov 2022
Third reading agreed to	22 Nov 2022

House of Representatives
Message from Senate reported	23 Nov 2022
Consideration of Senate message Details: House agreed to Senate amendments	23 Nov 2022


Finally passed both Houses	23 Nov 2022
Assent Act no: 65 Year: 2022	29 Nov 2022

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading

Third reading

As passed by both Houses

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum

Revised explanatory memorandum

Supplementary explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

House of representatives

Government [sheet UC119]

Senate

Australian Greens [sheet 1703]
POCOCK, Sen Barbara

Independent [sheet 1734]
POCOCK, Sen David

Opposition [sheet 1726]
HUME, Sen Jane

Schedules of amendments

Schedule of the amendments made by the Senate

Bills digest

Bills Digest

Notes

Referred to Committee (08/09/2022): Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee; Committee report (16/11/2022)
Considered by scrutiny committee (28/09/2022): Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills; Scrutiny Digest 7 of 2022
An electronic version of this Act is available on the Federal Register of Legislation (www.legislation.gov.au)

Helpful information

Text of bill

First reading: Text of the bill as introduced into the Parliament
Third reading: Prepared if the bill is amended by the house in which it was introduced. This version of the bill is then considered by the second house.
As passed by both houses: Final text of bill agreed to by both the House of Representatives and the Senate which is presented to the Governor-General for assent.

Explanatory memoranda

Explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and provides an explanation of the content of the introduced version (first reading) of the bill.
Supplementary explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains amendments proposed by the government to the bill.
Revised explanatory memorandum: Accompanies and explains the amended version (third reading) of the bill. It supersedes the explanatory memorandum.

Proposed amendments

Circulated by members and senators when they propose to make changes to the bill. For details about the outcome of proposed amendments please refer to either the Votes and Proceedings (House of Representatives) or the Journals (Senate).

Schedules of amendments

Schedules of amendments list amendments agreed to by the second house are communicated to the first house for consideration. Subsequent action by either house may also be included in a schedule.