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INFRASTRUCTURE AUSTRALIA AMENDMENT (NATIONAL BROADBAND NETWORK AND OTHER PROJECTS) BILL 2009
2008-2009
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Infrastructure Australia Amendment
(National Broadband Network and
Other Projects) Bill 2009
No. , 2009
(Senator Minchin)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Infrastructure
Australia Act 2008 to ensure proper assessment of
the proposed National Broadband Network and
other projects, and for related purposes
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Contents
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Short title ............................................................................................ 1
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Commencement .................................................................................. 1
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Objects ................................................................................................ 2
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Schedule(s) ......................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Amendme nt relating to a proposed National
Broadband Network
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Infrastructure Australia Act 2008
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Schedule 2--Amendme nt relating to the functions of
Infrastructure Australia
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Infrastructure Australia Act 2008
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Infrastructure Australia Amendment (National Broadband Network and Other Projects) Bill 2009
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A Bill for an Act to amend the Infrastructure
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Australia Act 2008 to ensure proper assessment of
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the proposed National Broadband Network and
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other projects, and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act may be cited as the Infrastructure Australia Amendment
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(National Broadband Network and Other Projects) Act 2009.
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2 Commence ment
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This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal
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Assent.
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3 Objects
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The objects of this Act are:
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(a) to ensure that the Government's proposal to spend up to $43
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billion to build and operate a National Broadband Network is
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assessed by Infrastructure Australia, in accordance with its
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functions to provide advice on nationally significant
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infrastructure; and
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(b) to provide that either House of the Parliament may refer
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projects to Infrastructure Australia for assessment.
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4 Schedule(s)
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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Schedule 1
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Amendment relating to a
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proposed National Broadband Network
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Infrastructure Australia Act 2008
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1 After section 5
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Insert:
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5A Infrastructure Australia to advise about National Broadband
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Network
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(1) It is a function of Infrastructure Australia to advise the
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Communications Minister about the proposal for a national
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broadband network.
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(2) Consistent with paragraphs 5(1)(b) and 5(2)(d), it is also a function
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of Infrastructure Australia to advise taxpayers, as majority owners
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of a proposed infrastructure company, about the proposal for a
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national broadband network.
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(3) In undertaking these functions, Infrastructure Australia may
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undertake any function specified in section 5 which is relevant.
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(4) In giving advice about the proposal for a national broadband
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network, Infrastructure Australia must apply the BAF evaluation
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criteria.
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(5) Infrastructure Australia must prepare and give to the
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Communications Minister a written report of its advice under this
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section by 30 July 2009.
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(6) The written report made under subsection (5) must include details
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of the methodology used in the assessment.
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(7) The Minister must cause a copy of the report to be laid before each
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House of Parliament within 7 sitting days of receiving the report.
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(8) In this section:
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BAF evaluation criteria has the meaning given by the Nation-
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building Funds Act 2008.
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Communications Minister has the meaning given by the Nation-
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building Funds Act 2008.
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national broadband network means the network proposed to be
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developed by a majority Government-owned wholesale company
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to provide "fibre to the premises" broadband services to 90 per
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cent of Australian homes and to connect all other premises in
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Australia with "next generation wireless and satellite
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technologies", which was announced by the Communications
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Minister on 7 April 2009.
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Schedule 2
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Amendment relating to the
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functions of Infrastructure Australia
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Infrastructure Australia Act 2008
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1 Subsection 5(4)
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At the end of the subsection, add "or by resolution of either House of
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the Parliament".
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