- Date
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13 Jun 2017
- Chamber
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Senate
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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WATERS, Sen Larissa
- Summary
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Amends the:
Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
to impose additional obligations on the minister in making decisions on approvals and conditions; and Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Act 2016
to: require the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility to assess whether an entity is a suitable person for the purposes of providing financial assistance for Northern Australia economic infrastructure; and provide that, in undertaking an assessment, the facility consults with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Australian Crime Commission. Also provides for a review of certain existing approvals under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
in relation to the Adani group.