Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move Greens amendment (1) on sheet 5656:

(1)    Schedule 1, item 6, page 5 (after line 26), after the heading to division 1, insert:

124AA Application

        (1)    This Part applies only in respect of attendance at a school in a declared community.

        (2)    The Minister may, by legislative instrument, determine that a community is a declared community for the purposes of this section.

        (3)    For the purposes of this section, a community may be:

             (a)    a named rural or urban population centre with no more than 15 schools in the affected area; or

             (b)    a region defined by geographical boundaries with a population not exceeding 10 000 people.

        (4)    The Minister may determine no more than eight communities to be declared communities for the purposes of this section.

        (5)    A determination made under subsection (2) ceases to have effect 12 months after it commences, at which time this Part ceases to apply in respect of that community.

This amendment relates to the trials as part of this legislation. I also have some questions that I would like to ask the government. Firstly, could the minister tell me if the Social Inclusion Board was consulted about this legislation. If they were, what were their comments and recommendations and did they in fact support the bill?