Ian Macfarlane (Groom, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Energy and Resources) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Resources and Energy. I refer the minister to the clause in the emissions trading scheme bill which will require Australian coal producers who sell coal directly to Japan to pay for the emissions for the burning of that coal in Japan. Why has the minister allowed thousands of jobs in the coal industry in Queensland and New South Wales to be put at risk by this flawed piece of legislation?

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