Senate debates
Wednesday, 26 June 2013
Bills
Overseas Aid (Millennium Development Goals) Bill 2013; First Reading
3:50 pm
Lee Rhiannon (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
I move:
That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to require Australia to meet United Nations targets for official development assistance and to establish an Independent Commissioner on Aid Effectiveness, and for related purposes. Overseas Aid (Millennium Development Goals) Bill 2013.
Question agreed to.
I present the bill and move:
That this bill may proceed without formalities and be now read a first time.
Question agreed to.
Bill read a first time.