Water Amendment (Long-term Average Sustainable Diversion Limit Adjustment) Bill 2012

Type: Government
Portfolio: Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities
Originating house: House of Representatives
Status: Act
Parliament no: 43
Summary: Amends the
Water Act 2007
to: enable the Murray-Darling Basin Authority to make adjustments to the long-term average sustainable diversion limit set by the Murray-Darling Basin Plan; and require the basin plan requirements for accreditation of water resource plans to include a requirement that water resource plans include a mechanism for incorporating and adjusting a relevant change in the limit for that water resource plan area.

Progress

House of Representatives
20 Sep 2012	Introduced and read a first time
20 Sep 2012	Second reading moved
29 Oct 2012	Second reading debate
30 Oct 2012	Second reading debate
30 Oct 2012	Second reading agreed to
30 Oct 2012	Consideration in detail debate Amendment details: 4 Government agreed to
30 Oct 2012	Third reading agreed to

Senate
19 Nov 2012	Introduced and read a first time
19 Nov 2012	Second reading moved
20 Nov 2012	Second reading debate
20 Nov 2012	Second reading agreed to
20 Nov 2012	Committee of the Whole debate
21 Nov 2012	Committee of the Whole debate
21 Nov 2012	Third reading agreed to

21 Nov 2012

Assent

Act no.: 157

Year: 2012

Documents and transcripts

Text of bill

First reading
Third reading

Explanatory memoranda

Revised explanatory memorandum
Explanatory memorandum
Supplementary explanatory memorandum

Transcript of speeches

Proposed amendments

Senate
Australian Greens [sheet 7310] HANSON-YOUNG, Sen Sarah
Independent [sheet 7317] XENOPHON, Sen Nick
The Nationals [sheet 7302] JOYCE, Sen Barnaby

House of Representatives
Government [sheet BN251]
Government [sheet BN252]
Non-Government HUNT, Greg, MP

Schedules of amendments

No documents at present

Committee Information

No documents at present

Bills Digest

Notes

Referred to Committee (20/09/2012): House Standing Committee on Regional Australia; Committee report (10/10/2012)
Referred to Committee (11/10/2012): Senate Environment and Communications Legislation Committee; Committee report (19/11/2012)

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Text of bill

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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.
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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

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Schedules of amendments

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