Maiwar Electorate
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Bills Introduced by Mr Michael Berkman MP
Mineral Resources (Galilee Basin) Amendment Bill 2018
This bill would have banned all coal mining in Queensland's Galilee Basin, including terminating Adani's existing mining leases for the Carmichael mine. It was a Greens private member's bill based on the 2018 IPCC report finding that coal must be phased out globally by 2050 to limit dangerous climate change. The bill lapsed and did not become law.
Civil Liability (Institutional Child Abuse) Amendment Bill 2018
This bill was discharged and did not become law. It sought to implement recommendations from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse by making it easier for survivors to sue institutions. It would have created a legal duty for schools, churches, and other organisations to prevent child abuse and reversed the burden of proof so institutions had to show they took reasonable steps.
Electoral Legislation (Political Donations) Amendment Bill 2018
This bill would have banned all for-profit corporations from making political donations in Queensland. It was a private member's bill from the Greens that failed at the second reading and did not become law.
Criminal Law (Raising the Age of Responsibility) Amendment Bill 2021
This bill sought to raise the age of criminal responsibility in Queensland from 10 to 14 years old. It would have prevented children under 14 from being charged, prosecuted, detained or given criminal records, and required the release of children already in custody for offences committed before age 14. The bill failed at the second reading and did not become law.
Planning and Other Legislation (Make Developers Pay) Amendment Bill 2023
This bill would have removed state-imposed caps on infrastructure charges that local governments can levy on property developers. It lapsed at the end of the 57th Parliament and did not become law. The bill was introduced by a Greens MP and aimed to give councils more flexibility to charge developers for the true cost of providing infrastructure like parks, footpaths, and flood mitigation.