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representatives vote 2024-05-16#12
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Bills — Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment Bill 2024; Report from Federation Chamber- Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment Bill 2024 - Report from Federation Chamber - Improved grants reporting
Description
<p class="speaker">Milton Dick</p><p>The question before the House is that amendments (2) and (4) moved by the honourable member for Indi be agreed to.</p>-
- The majority voted against [amendments (2) and (4)](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Famend%2Fs1408_amend_826581ea-1d67-4828-8c57-5ea9eff73903%22;rec=0) moved by Indi MP [Helen Haines](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/representatives/indi/helen_haines) (Independent), which means they failed.
- ### Amendment text
- > *(2) Clause 2, page 2 (at the end of the table), add:*
- >
- >> *7. Schedule 3*
- >>
- >>> *The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.*
- > *(4) Page 12 (after line 34), at the end of the Bill, add:*
- >
- >> *Schedule 3 — Improved grants reporting*
- >>
- >> *Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997*
- >>
- >> *1 Before Part 3*
- >>
- >>> *Insert:*
- >>>
- >>> *Part 2B — Reportable grants approved under instruments*
- >>>
- >>> *46 Simplified outline of this Part*
- >>>
- >>>> *This Part provides for some reporting requirements for certain grants.*
- >>>
- >>> *46A Definitions*
- >>>
- >>>> *In this Part:*
- >>>>
- >>>>> *corporate Commonwealth entity has the meaning given by the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *grant has the meaning given by section 46B.*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *reportable grant means a grant which is approved:*
- >>>>>
- >>>>>> *(a) based on an application which:*
- >>>>>>
- >>>>>>> *(i) an official has recommended should be rejected; or*
- >>>>>>>
- >>>>>>> *(ii) does not meet any of the relevant selection criteria; or*
- >>>>>>
- >>>>>> *(b) by a Minister, who is a member of the House of Representatives, for a grantee in their electorate.*
- >>>
- >>> *46B Meaning of grant*
- >>>
- >>>> *(1) A grant is an arrangement for the provision of financial assistance by or on behalf of the Commonwealth, or by or on behalf of a corporate Commonwealth entity:*
- >>>>
- >>>>> *(a) under which relevant money or other CRF money is to be paid to a grantee other than the Commonwealth; and*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(b) which is intended to help address one or more of the Australian Government’s policy outcomes while assisting the grantee achieve its objectives.*
- >>>>
- >>>> *(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a grant may take a variety of forms including payments made:*
- >>>>
- >>>>> *(a) as a result of competitive or non-competitive selection processes; or*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(b) where particular criteria are satisfied; or*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(c) on a one-off or ad hoc basis.*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *Note: Types of grants include, for example, research grants, grants providing for the delivery of services, grants that help fund infrastructure, and grants that help build capacity.*
- >>>>
- >>>> *(3) Despite subsection (1), none of the following arrangements are grants :*
- >>>>
- >>>>> *(a) the acquisition of goods and services by a Commonwealth entity for its own use, or on behalf of another entity;*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(b) an act of grace payment approved under section 65 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 ;*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(c) a payment of compensation made under:*
- >>>>>
- >>>>>> *(i) an arrangement relating to defective administration; or*
- >>>>>>
- >>>>>> *(ii) an arrangement relating to employment conditions; or*
- >>>>>>
- >>>>>> *(iii) an arrangement established by a law;*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(d) a payment to a person of a benefit or an entitlement established by a law;*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(e) a tax concession or offset;*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(f) an investment or loan;*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(g) a payment:*
- >>>>>
- >>>>>> *(i) to a State under section 96 of the Constitution; or*
- >>>>>>
- >>>>>> *(ii) to a State or Territory for the purposes of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 ;*
- >>>>>>
- >>>>>> *unless the Commonwealth has a determinative input into the final recipients of the payments;*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(h) a payment made for the purposes of the Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995 ;*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(i) a payment made for the purposes of the Australian Education Act 2013 ;*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(j) a payment made for the purposes of the Higher Education Support Act 2003;*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(k) a payment of assistance for the purposes of Australia’s international development assistance programme, which is treated by the Commonwealth as official development assistance;*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(l) a payment of a charitable donation by a non-corporate entity from monies received from individuals for that purpose;*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(m) a membership payment for the purposes of complying with Australia’s obligations under international treaties;*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(n) a payment, or notional payment, from one Commonwealth entity to another;*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(o) a notional payment by a Commonwealth entity to itself.*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *Note: Additional guidance on the range of arrangements referred to in this subsection is available on the Department’s website (http:///www.finance.gov.au).*
- >>>
- >>> *46C Reportable grants approved under instruments*
- >>>
- >>>> *(1) This section applies if a Minister:*
- >>>>
- >>>>> *(a) approves a grant in accordance with an instrument made under section 105C of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 ; and*
- >>>>>
- >>>>> *(b) the grant is a reportable grant.*
- >>>>
- >>>> *(2) If the Minister approves a reportable grant, the Minister must provide a written report to the Finance Minister within 30 days of approving the reportable grant.*
- >>>>
- >>>> *(3) The report must include a statement of reasons that explains the basis on which the Minister approved the reportable grant.*
- >>>>
- >>>> *(4) If the Minister is a member of the House of Representatives and the Minister approves a reportable grant for a grantee in their electorate, the Minister must include this information in the statement of reasons in subsection (3).*
- >>>>
- >>>> *(5) Subsection (4) does not apply if the reportable grant is awarded Australia-wide, state-wide or across a region on the basis of a formula, and the reportable grant falls in the relevant Minister’s electorate.*
- >>>>
- >>>> *(6) The Finance Minister must table a copy of the report in each House of Parliament within 5 sitting days of that House after receiving the report.*
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