Thursday, 31 October 2019
Bills
Melbourne Strategic Assessment (Environment Mitigation Levy) Bill 2019
Melbourne Strategic Assessment (Environment Mitigation Levy) Bill 2019
Second reading
Debate resumed on motion of Ms D’AMBROSIO:
That this bill be now read a second time.
and Mr MORRIS’s amendment:
That all the words after ‘That’ be omitted and replaced with the words ‘this house refuses to read this bill a second time until the government has demonstrated to Victorians that:
(1) the significant tax increases proposed by the bill, and for which no mandate was sought at the 2018 election, can be justified;
(2) the excessive fee increases proposed by this bill for the various habitat types including 26.4 per cent for the golden sun moth, 19.3 per cent for native vegetation and 19.3 per cent for scattered trees will not result in higher purchase prices for homebuyers; and
(3) that all monies held in the proposed Melbourne Strategic Assessment Fund will be expended in a timely manner and not used to protect the bottom line of the state budget’.
The SPEAKER: The minister has moved that the bill be now read a second time. The member for Mornington has moved a reasoned amendment to this motion. He has proposed to omit all the words after ‘That’ and replace them with the words that appear on the notice paper. The question is:
That the words proposed to be omitted stand part of the question.
Those supporting the reasoned amendment moved by the member for Mornington should therefore vote no.
House divided on question:
The SPEAKER: The question is:
That this bill be now read a second time and a third time.
House divided on question:
Third reading
Motion agreed to.
Read third time.
The SPEAKER: The bill will now be sent to the Legislative Council and their agreement requested.
Business interrupted under sessional orders.