Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—I move Labor amendments (2), (4) and (7) on sheet 5208 revised, together:

(2)    Schedule 1, item 5, page 4 (line 6), omit “Corporations Act 2001”, substitute “Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006”.

(4)    Schedule 1, item 8, page 5 (lines 34 to 36), omit subsection 203AA(5).

(7)    Schedule 1, item 24, page 13 (line 28) to page 14 (line 7), omit the item, substitute:

24  Subsection 203AH(2)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

Discretionary grounds for withdrawing recognition

        (2)    The Commonwealth Minister may, by legislative instrument, withdraw the recognition of a body as the representative body for an area if satisfied that:

             (a)    the body:

                   (i)    is not satisfactorily representing the native title holders or persons who may hold native title in the area; or

                  (ii)    the body is not consulting effectively with Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders living in the area; or

                 (iii)    the body is not satisfactorily performing its functions; or

                 (iv)    there are serious or repeated irregularities in the financial affairs of the body; and

             (b)    the body is unlikely to take steps to ensure that, within a reasonable period, none of subparagraphs (a)(i), (ii) and (iii) continue to apply in relation to the body.

I also foreshadow that Labor will oppose schedule 1 in the following terms:

(5)    Schedule 1, item 13, page 6 (lines 30 and 31), TO BE OPPOSED.

(6)    Schedule 1, items 18 to 21, page 8 (line 26) to page 13 (line 18), TO BE OPPOSED.

(8)    Schedule 1, item 27, page 14 (lines 16 to 25), TO BE OPPOSED.

(9)    Schedule 1, items 30 to 35, page 15 (lines 1 to 16), TO BE OPPOSED.

(11)  Schedule 1, item 46, page 22 (lines 3 and 4), TO BE OPPOSED.

(12)  Schedule 1, item 49, page 23 (lines 6 to 8), TO BE OPPOSED.

(13)  Schedule 1, items 51 to 54, page 23 (lines 13 to 28), TO BE OPPOSED.

(14)  Schedule 1, items 56 and 57, page 24 (lines 5 to 15), TO BE OPPOSED.

(15)  Schedule 1, item 59, page 24 (lines 20 to 22), TO BE OPPOSED.