COVID-19
RESPONSE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (EXTENSION OF EXPIRING PROVISIONS) BILL 2021
130. Hon
TJORN SIBMA to the Minister for Emergency Services:
I
refer to the passage of the COVID-19 Response Legislation Amendment (Extension
of Expiring Provisions) Bill 2021, which inter alia extended the sunset
date that applies to section 72A of the Emergency Management Act 2005 until 4 July
2022.
(1) Will the
minister introduce before this winter recess another similar bill to again
extend the sunset date that applies to section 72A for a six-month period, for
example?
(2) What factors
would determine the minister's decision to do so and what factors would
militate against it?
Hon
SAMANTHA ROWE replied:
I thank the member for some notice
of the question. I provide the following answer on behalf of the Minister for
Emergency Services.
(1)–(2) The drafting of
bills for introduction is a decision of cabinet and is cabinet-in-confidence.