Overseas Investment (Urgent Measures) Amendment Bill

The House is in committee on the Overseas Investment (Urgent Measures) Amendment Bill. For those of you who are new to level 2 seating arrangements for committee of the whole House, I am in the Chair but I’m remaining here so that we’re keeping safe distances, and the Minister remains and speaks from their seat. If the Minister wants, he can come closer to the officials. I remind members also that the House has agreed to trial the removal of the four-call limit in the committee stage. So therefore I encourage you to keep your contributions focused and relevant to promote good interaction with the Minister in the chair. The committee stage earlier this morning was very good and very helpful, and we had a series of questions and answers between members and the Minister. You don’t have to wait to be called if you are following a series of questions with the Minister; just stand up and carry on. And five minutes is not a target. You can be confident that you will get a number of smaller calls. The question is that Part 1 stands part.

Part 1 Amendments to Overseas Investment Act 2005