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senate vote 2017-12-06#8
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Bills — Regional Investment Corporation Bill 2017; in Committee- Regional Investment Corporation Bill 2017 - in Committee - Transparency of review report
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<p class="speaker">Carol Brown</p><p>I move opposition amendment (12) on sheet 8225:</p>-
- The majority voted in favour of an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2017-12-06.272.1) introduced by Tasmanian Senator [Carol Brown](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/carol_brown) (Labor), which means it will now be included in the bill.
- ### What does the amendment do?
- Senator Brown [explained that](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2017-12-06.272.1):
- > *The amendment prescribes that the review report should be tabled in the parliament and made public. It says that the minister must cause a copy of the report be tabled in each house of parliament within 15 sitting days of that house after its receipt by the minister and that the minister must cause a copy of the report to be published on the internet within 30 days after its receipt by the minister.*
- ### Amendment text
- > *(12) Clause 53, page 28 (after line 13), at the end of the clause, add:*
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- >> *(4) The Minister must cause a copy of the report to be tabled in each House of Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after its receipt by the Minister.*
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- >> *(5) The Minister must cause a copy of the report to be published on the internet within 30 days after its receipt by the Minister.*
<p class="italic">(12) Clause 53, page 28 (after line 13), at the end of the clause, add:</p><p class="italic">(4) The Minister must cause a copy of the report to be tabled in each House of Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after its receipt by the Minister.</p><p class="italic">(5) The Minister must cause a copy of the report to be published on the internet within 30 days after its receipt by the Minister.</p><p>This amendment is important to ensure that the government cannot hide the outcomes of the review. The government is asking the parliament to support this bill without proper parliamentary scrutiny and is seeking to keep the review a secret. This is wrong, and Labor urges all senators to support this important amendment. The amendment prescribes that the review report should be tabled in the parliament and made public. It says that the minister must cause a copy of the report be tabled in each house of parliament within 15 sitting days of that house after its receipt by the minister and that the minister must cause a copy of the report to be published on the internet within 30 days after its receipt by the minister.</p> <p class="speaker">Anne Ruston</p><p>The government will not be supporting this amendment, because we believe that the future operations of the corporation and the activities in relation to how they wish to handle the tabling or making public of the report should be a matter for the corporation and therefore, to a large extent, a matter for the government of the day.</p><p>The CHAIR: The question is that the amendment as moved by Senator Brown, amendment (12) on sheet 8225, be agreed to.</p><p class="italic"> <i>Senator Gallagher did not vote, to compensate for the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Parry.</i></p><p> <i>Senator O'Neill</i> <i> did not vote, to compensate for the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Nash.</i></p><p> <i>Senator Birmingham</i> <i> did not vote, to compensate for the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Kakoschke-Moore.</i></p> -
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