Senate debates

Tuesday, 14 August 2007

SOCIAL SECURITY AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (WELFARE PAYMENT REFORM) BILL 2007; NORTHERN TERRITORY NATIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE BILL 2007; FAMILIES, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (NORTHERN TERRITORY NATIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2007; Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008; Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 2) 2007-2008

In Committee

10:47 pm

Photo of Rachel SiewertRachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I want to return to addressing the permit system later. I realise that we will be getting into that issue under some of the amendments, so I will leave that for the time being. I would like to follow up on the question I asked earlier on what operations of Commonwealth laws the government envisages will be potentially excluded under regulation from applying to the lands that the Commonwealth controls. Let me give you a specific example. Would, for example, the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act be excluded?

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