House debates Bills

Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment Bill 2026; Consideration in Detail

Wednesday, 11 March 2026 House of Representatives

Elizabeth Watson-Brown

Elizabeth Watson-Brown Ryan, Australian Greens

12:54 pm

I move:

(1) Schedule 1, page 3 (after line 5), after item 1, insert:

1A At the end of Part 2

Add:

8A Prohibited financial assistance

(1) Financial assistance must not be provided under this Act if it would:

(a) directly finance the extraction of coal or natural gas; or

(b) directly finance the construction of pipeline infrastructure primarily for the extraction of natural gas; or

(c) directly finance the logging of native forests.

(2) In this section:

native forest does not include a plantation.

plantation means an intensively managed stand of trees that is created by the regular placement of seedlings or seed.

Question unresolved.

Colin Boyce

Colin Boyce Flynn, Liberal National Party

As it is necessary to resolve this question to enable further questions to be considered in relation to this bill, in accordance with standing order 195, the bill will be returned to the House for further consideration.