Greg Hunt (Flinders, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Water) Share this | Hansard source

As I said earlier, we support the Fuel Quality Standards Amendment Bill 2009. It builds upon the parent act of 2000, which was a coalition government initiative. It is part of a two-stage process. Firstly, it ensures that we have appropriate speed in dealing with emergency supplies in cases of unforeseen need, whether it is through shortage, act of nature or act of humanity. Secondly—and I think this is the most prospective and important element—it provides a regime to ensure that the quality of fuel provided in Australia will progressively be improved as we seek fuels which have a lower CO2 impact, which have a lower greenhouse emissions impact.

This bill, which was set up by the coalition and which is now being amended in line with directions that we established, will help us to achieve a lower emissions economy. For that reason and because we believe that the mechanisms chosen to enforce it are appropriate, we are happy to lend our support.

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