Recent history: For local community consultation on infrastructure projects

Added division Infrastructure Australia Amendment Bill 2013 - in Committee - Local community consultation. Policy vote set to Yes (strong).

mackay staff over 7 years ago

Name changed from “plebiscites on major infrastructure projects” to “local community consultation on infrastructure projects”.

Description changed from “the federal government should hold plebiscites to gauge whether affected citizens support or oppose significant changes to their local area caused by major infrastructure projects” to “the federal government should always consult with local communities that may be affected by infrastructure projects, especially for major infrastructure projects such as dams, pulp mills or nuclear facilities”.

mackay staff over 7 years ago

Description changed from “the federal government should hold plebiscites (or referenda) to gauge whether affected citizens support or oppose significant changes to their local area caused by major infrastructure projects” to “the federal government should hold plebiscites to gauge whether affected citizens support or oppose significant changes to their local area caused by major infrastructure projects”.

mackay staff over 8 years ago

Description changed from “the federal government should hold plebiscites to gauge whether affected citizens support or oppose significant changes to their local area caused by major infrastructure projects” to “the federal government should hold plebiscites (or referenda) to gauge whether affected citizens support or oppose significant changes to their local area caused by major infrastructure projects”.

mackay staff over 8 years ago

Changed vote from Yes to Yes (strong) on division Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Democratic Plebiscites) Bill 2007 - In Committee - Nuclear sites.

mackay staff over 8 years ago

Changed vote from Yes to Yes (strong) on division Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Democratic Plebiscites) Bill 2007 - In Committee - Major infrastructure projects.

mackay staff over 8 years ago

Name changed from “greater citizen participation through plebiscites” to “plebiscites on major infrastructure projects”.

Description changed from “the federal government should allow for greater citizen participation through holding plebiscites to gauge whether affected citizens support or oppose significant changes to the law or significant changes to their local area (such as by major infrastructure projects)” to “the federal government should hold plebiscites to gauge whether affected citizens support or oppose significant changes to their local area caused by major infrastructure projects”.

Changed status to not draft.

mackay staff over 8 years ago

Added division Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Democratic Plebiscites) Bill 2007 - In Committee - Major infrastructure projects. Policy vote set to Yes.

mackay staff over 8 years ago

Description changed from “the federal government should allow for greater citizen participation through holding plebiscites to gauge whether affected citizens support or oppose significant changes to the law or significant changes to their local area” to “the federal government should allow for greater citizen participation through holding plebiscites to gauge whether affected citizens support or oppose significant changes to the law or significant changes to their local area (such as by major infrastructure projects)”.

mackay staff over 8 years ago

Added division Commonwealth Electoral Amendment (Democratic Plebiscites) Bill 2007 - In Committee - Nuclear sites. Policy vote set to Yes.

mackay staff over 8 years ago

Created policy “greater citizen participation through plebiscites” with description “the federal government should allow for greater citizen participation through holding plebiscites to gauge whether affected citizens support or oppose significant changes to the law or significant changes to their local area”.

mackay staff over 8 years ago