- Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment Bill 2024; Second Reading (3 speeches)
I rise to speak on the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment Bill 2024. The title of this bill is pretty vague; I doubt that a lot of members of parliament, let alone the average... - Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment Bill 2024; Consideration in Detail (8 speeches)
I seek leave to move amendments (1) and (3), as circulated in my name, together. Leave not granted. I move amendment (1), as circulated in my name: (1) Clause 2, page 2 (at the end of the table),... - Illegal Logging Prohibition Amendment (Strengthening Measures to Prevent Illegal Timber Trade) Bill 2024; Second Reading (15 speeches)
Organised crime, civil wars, slave labour, corruption, the extinction of species and environmental destruction have all been linked to the global practice of illegal logging. This pernicious...