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ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AMENDMENT (MORATORIUM ON AQUIFER DRILLING CONNECTED WITH COAL SEAM GAS EXTRACTION) BILL 2013

                           2010-11-12-13




       THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA




                  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES




ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AMENDMENT
  (MORATORIUM ON AQUIFER DRILLING CONNECTED WITH COAL SEAM GAS
                      EXTRACTION) BILL 2013




                  EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
                                and
         STATEMENT OF COMPATIBILITY WITH HUMAN RIGHTS




                      Circulated by authority of
                        Hon Bob Katter MP
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AMENDMENT
(MORATORIUM ON AQUIFER DRILLING CONNECTED WITH COAL SEAM GAS
EXTRACTION) BILL 2013

OUTLINE

This Bill amends the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, to place a
two year (24 month) moratorium on Aquifer Drilling connected with Coal Seam Gas Extraction.


FINANCIAL IMPACT

The bill will have no financial impact.

STATEMENT OF COMPATIBILITY WITH HUMAN RIGHTS

Prepared in accordance with Part 3 of the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011.

Note: the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011, which commenced in January 2012,
requires that a Member who introduces a bill must cause a "Statement of
Compatibility" with human rights to be prepared and presented to the House in respect of the bill.

Human rights are identified in the bill as Australia's obligations under:

   the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination;
   the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights;
   the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights;
   the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women;
   the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
   Punishment;
   the Convention on the Rights of the Child; and
   the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

For further guidance, and template Statements of Compatibility, see the Attorney-General's
Department's website.

This bill is compatible with the human rights and freedoms recognised or declared in the
international instruments listed in section 3 of the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act
2011.

Hon Bob Katter MP

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