❓ Hon. Kate Doust asks the Minister for Commerce when the bioprospecting bill, approved in 2011, will be tabled. The Minister responds that a revised 'biodiscovery bill' is being progressed with Commonwealth acknowledgement.
AnsweredQoN 1152Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
BIODISCOVERY LEGISLATION
1152. Hon KATE DOUST to the Minister for
Commerce:
I know this one has been in the ministerXXX ###XXXs
file for quite some time. It is C789. I refer to question 23 asked in
this place on the 7 March 2012. Given that in 2011 cabinet approved the
drafting of a bioprospecting bill and it is now 2015,
when can we expect the bioprospecting bill to be
tabled in Parliament?
1152. Hon KATE DOUST to the Minister for
Commerce:
I know this one has been in the ministerXXX ###XXXs
file for quite some time. It is C789. I refer to question 23 asked in
this place on the 7 March 2012. Given that in 2011 cabinet approved the
drafting of a bioprospecting bill and it is now 2015,
when can we expect the bioprospecting bill to be
tabled in Parliament?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this
question.
Yes, it has been pending —
Hon Kate Doust : A long time.
Hon MICHAEL MISCHIN : Since 11 August, actually.
Hon Kate Doust : When youXXX ### XXXre waiting for the bill, itXXX ###XXXs
been a long time.
Hon MICHAEL MISCHIN : The answer is that the draft of the bioprospecting bill and the experiences of other
states highlighted a range of issues. Cabinet has approved a revised approach,
now called the biodiscovery bill, and it is being
progressed with the new approach with the acknowledgement of the commonwealth.
question.
Yes, it has been pending —
Hon Kate Doust : A long time.
Hon MICHAEL MISCHIN : Since 11 August, actually.
Hon Kate Doust : When youXXX ### XXXre waiting for the bill, itXXX ###XXXs
been a long time.
Hon MICHAEL MISCHIN : The answer is that the draft of the bioprospecting bill and the experiences of other
states highlighted a range of issues. Cabinet has approved a revised approach,
now called the biodiscovery bill, and it is being
progressed with the new approach with the acknowledgement of the commonwealth.
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.