Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

I table a supplementary explanatory memorandum relating to the government amendments moved to this bill.

The TEMPORARY CHAIR: I'll now deal with the amendments circulated by Pauline Hanson's One Nation. The question is that amendments (1) and (2) on sheet 1200 revised be agreed to.

One Nation's circulated amendments—

(1) Clause 2, page 2 (table), omit the table, substitute:

(2) Page 109 (after line 17), at the end of the Bill, add:

Schedule 4—Water register

Water Act 2007

1 Subclause 4(3) of Schedule 3

Repeal the subclause, substitute:

(3) All trades must be recorded on a water register as soon as practicable but no later than 30 days after the trade occurs.

(3A) For the purposes of subclause (3), a water register must:

(a) include water trades from all Basin States; and

(b) be published on a publicly available website; and

(c) record information on a whole of catchment basis; and

(d) record the following information in relation to each trade:

  (i) the date of the trade;

  (ii) the amount paid, if any, in relation to the trade;

  (iii) nature of the tradeable water right that was the subject of the trade;

  (iv) the originating river valley and destination river valley of water that was the subject of the trade;

  (v) the amount of water that was the subject of the trade, rounded to the nearest megalitre; and

(e) otherwise—be consistent with the National Water Initiative.

(3B) For the purposes of subparagraph (3A) (d) (iv), river valley has the same meaning as set out in Appendix 2 of Schedule E to the Agreement.

2 Application provision

Implementation

(1) This item applies in relation to the water register as referred to in clause 4 of Schedule 3 to the Water Act 2007 as amended by item 1 of this Schedule.

(2) The Minister and the Authority must, immediately after the commencement of this Schedule, commence the implementation of the water register.

Progress report

(3) The Minister and the Authority must prepare jointly a report on the implementation of the water register.

(4) The Authority must, no later than 30 September 2021, publish a copy of the report on the website of the Authority.

(5) The Minister must table in each House of Parliament, on the next sitting day of that House after 30 September 2021, a copy of the report.

The CHAIR: The question is that the amendments on sheet 1200 revised, circulated and moved by Senator Hanson, be agreed to.

The CHAIR: Can I confirm with you, Senator Patrick, that it's your intention not to proceed with your amendments?