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senate vote 2021-06-21#13
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The majority voted in favour of agreeing to pass the bill in the Senate. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill for a [third time](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/). The bill will now return to the House of Representatives, where our MPs will decide on whether they agree to the Senate amendments.- The majority voted in favour of agreeing to pass the bill in the Senate. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill for a [third time](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/). The bill will now return to the House of Representatives, where our MPs will decide on whether they agree to the [Senate amendments](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fsched%2Fr6500_sched_ad726a22-9692-481b-b2ec-0522be011f37%22;rec=0).
- ### What does the bill do
- According to the [bill homepage](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r6500), the bill:
- > *Establishes a National Radioactive Waste Management Facility to permanently dispose of low level radioactive waste and temporarily store intermediate level radioactive waste by amending the National Radioactive Waste Management Act 2012 to:*
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- > * *specify the site selected and enable the acquisition of additional land for the facility;*
- > * *abolish the National Repository Capital Contribution Fund and establish a Community Fund to provide economic and social sustainability for the community in which the facility will be located; and*
- > * *provide clear and objective links between the operation of the Act and the relevant Constitutional heads of power.*
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senate vote 2021-06-21#13
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Bills — National Radioactive Waste Management Amendment (Site Specification, Community Fund and Other Measures) Bill 2020; Third Reading- National Radioactive Waste Management Amendment (Site Specification, Community Fund and Other Measures) Bill 2020 - Third Reading - Pass the bill
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<p class="speaker">Anne Ruston</p><p>I move:</p><p class="italic">That the bill be now read a third time.</p>- The majority voted in favour of agreeing to pass the bill in the Senate. In parliamentary jargon, they voted to read the bill for a [third time](https://peo.gov.au/understand-our-parliament/how-parliament-works/bills-and-laws/making-a-law-in-the-australian-parliament/). The bill will now return to the House of Representatives, where our MPs will decide on whether they agree to the Senate amendments.
- ### What does the bill do
- According to the [bill homepage](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r6500), the bill:
- > *Establishes a National Radioactive Waste Management Facility to permanently dispose of low level radioactive waste and temporarily store intermediate level radioactive waste by amending the National Radioactive Waste Management Act 2012 to:*
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- > * *specify the site selected and enable the acquisition of additional land for the facility;*
- > * *abolish the National Repository Capital Contribution Fund and establish a Community Fund to provide economic and social sustainability for the community in which the facility will be located; and*
- > * *provide clear and objective links between the operation of the Act and the relevant Constitutional heads of power.*
<p class="speaker">Glenn Sterle</p><p>The question now is that the bill be read a third time.</p>
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