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Legislative Council - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
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National Gas (South Australia) (Pipelines Access-Arbitration) Amendment Bill

Second Reading

Adjourned debate on second reading.

(Continued from 30 May 2017.)

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (17:01): I rise on behalf of Liberal members to support the second reading of the bill. As members of the House of Assembly will be aware, the member for Stuart has had carriage of this piece of legislation for the Liberal Party. He spoke to the bill in the House of Assembly debate and indicated that the Liberal Party would be supporting the bill. That is indeed the position of Liberal members of the Legislative Council.

Briefly, the bill establishes a framework for arbitration for non-scheme pipeline services where commercial negotiations between prospective users and the pipeline service provider break down. The scheme administrator is going to be the Australian Energy Regulator. There is to be, as is always the case, a complicated set of rules that will ensue from the legislative framework that is being approved in this bill. I am not sure whether the national gas rules have been finalised at this stage. Certainly, they had not been finalised during the House of Assembly debate a few weeks ago, but they will provide the precise detail as to how this particular arbitration will be conducted—the rules for the arbitration.

We are advised that the COAG Energy Council has approved this legislative amendment and that all state and territory energy ministers, as part of that council, supported this draft legislation. For that reason, we will be supporting it as well.

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Employment, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation, Minister for Automotive Transformation, Minister for Science and Information Economy) (17:03): I thank honourable members for their contribution at the second reading stage and look forward to the speedy resolution of this through the committee stage this afternoon.

Bill read a second time.

Committee Stage

Bill taken through committee without amendment.

Third Reading

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Employment, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation, Minister for Automotive Transformation, Minister for Science and Information Economy) (17:04): I move:

That this bill be now read a third time.

Bill read a third time and passed.

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