Dan Tehan (Wannon, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Okay, I will. The carbon tax is a complete shambles. There are also issues in Victoria—and I hope the parliamentary secretary gets his head around this—to do with additionality when it comes to how the EPA is operating and how landfill operators are hit by the carbon tax. The Minister for Regional Australia, Regional Development and Local Government, Simon Crean, said that these landfill operators would be able to apply for the Carbon Farming Initiative. Because of EPA requirements in Victoria and the concept of additionality it seems that this statement might not be entirely true. This issue of landfill operators is something that needs to be cleared up for local government in Victoria. Otherwise it will eventuate that the small business operator in my electorate was right.

I will touch briefly on another issue. These small landfill operators have to work out what their liabilities will be not just for the next one or two years but for the next decade, which is placing an onerous requirement on them. It brings me back to what a constituent in my electorate said not so long ago. (Time expired)

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