Robert Oakeshott (Lyne, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I move amendments (1) to (11):

(1)    Clause 2, page 2 (table item 2), omit “Australian”, substitute “Independent”.

(2)    Clause 5, page 7, line 16, omit “Australian”, substitute “Independent”.

(3)    Page 38 (before line 2), before subclause 14(5), insert:

     (4A)    In making a recommendation to the Governor-General about regulations to be made for the purposes of this section, the Minister must first request draft regulations from the Authority.

      (4B)    The Minister must give the Authority reasonable time in which to prepare the draft regulations.

      (4C)    If the Minister receives draft regulations from the Authority within reasonable time, the Minister must recommend them to the Governor-General.

(4)    Clause 14, page 38 (lines 2 to 4), omit “In making a recommendation to the Governor-General about regulations to be made for the purposes of this section, the Minister:”, substitute “If the Minister does not receive draft regulations from the Authority within reasonable time, then, in making a recommendation to the Governor-General about regulations to be made for the purposes of this section, the Minister:”

(5)    Page 40 (before line 2), before subclause 15(4), insert:

     (3A)    In making a recommendation to the Governor-General about regulations to be made for the purposes of this section, the Minister must first request draft regulations from the Authority.

      (3B)    The Minister must give the Authority reasonable time in which to prepare the draft regulations.

      (3C)    If the Minister receives draft regulations from the Authority within reasonable time, the Minister must recommend them to the Governor-General.

(6)    Clause 15, page 40 (lines 2 to 4), omit “In making a recommendation to the Governor-General about regulations to be made for the purposes of this section, the Minister:” and insert “If the Minister does not receive draft regulations from the Authority within reasonable time, then, in making a recommendation to the Governor-General about regulations to be made for the purposes of this section, the Minister:”

(7)    Clause 165, page 214 (line 1) to clause 173C, page 223 (line 4), omit Part 8.

(8)    Clause 174, page 240 (line 1) to clause 189D, page 278 (line 12), omit Part 9.

(9)    Clause 282, page 430 (lines 5 to 6), omit “the Minister must, by written notice given to the Authority, direct the Authority to” substitute “the Authority must”.

(10)  Clause 282, page 430 (lines 10 to 11), delete paragraph 282(3)(d) .

(11)  Clause 360, page 506 (after line 20), after subsection 360(5), insert:

     (5A)    A person is not eligible for appointment as an expert advisory committee member unless the Minister has obtained written approval for that person from all members of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Climate Change, Water, Environment and the Arts, or whichever House of Representatives Standing Committee most closely resembles this function.

I will not speak for a long because, in essence, I do not think it really matters.

Government and Opposition members interjecting—

Hang on. Two nights ago, I called the death of this CPRS legislation—RIP the CPRS—because of a pox on both sides in regard to the lack of a sales pitch and the lack of timely information into the community throughout 2009. The pubs and barbecues have been lost by the government in this debate and it is to their shame. When all this is left and buried deep in the bowels of the Senate, I hope there is some review, some consideration and some navel-gazing by the government as to what went wrong and why there was so much silence throughout 2009. Likewise—

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