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senate vote 2018-11-28#10
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Bills — Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill 2018; in Committee- Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill 2018 - in Committee - Keep sch. 2 unchanged
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<p class="speaker">Jordon Steele-John</p><p>The Greens oppose item 2 in schedule 2 in the following terms:</p><p class="italic">(2) Schedule 2, item 2, page 17 (line 4) to page 18 (line 6), paragraphs 6 (5)(d) to (f) of schedule 3, TO BE OPPOSED.</p>- The majority voted in favour of [certain parts of schedule 2](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2018-11-28.209.2) remaining unchanged. In parliamentary jargon they voted for those parts to "*stand as printed*". This motion was put after Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John (WA) [moved to oppose them](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?id=2018-11-28.209.1).
- ### What was the motion?
- > *(2) [Schedule 2](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=LEGISLATION;id=legislation%2Fbills%2Fs1131_third-senate%2F0002;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fbills%2Fs1131_third-senate%2F0000%22;rec=0), item 2, page 17 (line 4) to page 18 (line 6), paragraphs 6 (5)(d) to (f) of schedule 3, TO BE OPPOSED.*
- ### What does this bill do?
- The bill is made up of two schedules and [according to the bills digest](https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1819a/19bd023):
- > *Schedule 1 seeks to amend the existing line of business restrictions in the NBN Act to allow NBN corporations to provide eligible persons access to telecommunication towers and associated sites in certain circumstances. Eligible persons are defined to include police, fire and ambulance services, and state and territory emergency services.*
- > *Schedule 2 seeks to minimise additional regulatory burden on carriers to allow them to quickly and cost effectively meet temporary community telecommunication requirements for certain high demand periods such as emergencies, maintenance, peak holiday periods, and major sporting, cultural and other events. It proposes to provide immunities from a range of state and territory laws, such as laws pertaining to land use, planning, design, construction, siting, tenancy, environmental assessments and protection for the installation of temporary communication facilities. To achieve this purpose, the Bill gives additional powers to the Minister of Communications to determine when a temporary telecommunications tower is a low-impact facility.*
<p class="speaker">Chris Ketter</p><p>The question is that paragraphs 6(5)(d) to (f) of schedule 2 stand as printed.</p>
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