Andrew Bartlett (Queensland, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

I move Democrats amendment (1) on sheet 5131:

(1)    Schedule 1, page 16 (after line 14), after item 67, insert:

67A After Subdivision F of Division 1 of Part 3

Insert:

Subdivision FA—Protection of the environment from greenhouse actions

24B Requirement for approval of greenhouse action

                   (i)    the action is not a controlled action; or

                  (ii)    the action is a controlled action but this section is not a controlling provision for the action.

24C What is a greenhouse action?

Subdivision FB—Protection of the environment from land clearance

24D Requirement for approval for land clearing

                   (i)    the action is not a controlled action; or

                  (ii)    the action is a controlled action but this section is not a controlling provision for the action.

24E What is a broadscale clearing action?

Subdivision FC—Protection of the environment—unsustainable water use

24F Requirement for approval for water use

                   (i)    the action is not a controlled action; or

                  (ii)    the action is a controlled action but this section is not a controlling provision for the action.

Subdivision FD—Protection of the environment from large dams

24G Requirement for approval for construction and operation of large dams

                   (i)    the action is not a controlled action; or

                  (ii)    the action is a controlled action but this section is not a controlling provision for the action.

24H What is a large dam?

In the interests of time, I shall make just a few brief comments. This amendment goes to issues similar to those we have talked about in the two previous bursts of debate on this bill. I think we have pretty much talked through those issues. Given that we are operating under a guillotine and we have less than two hours to go in the committee stage of the debate, I simply note that this is a somewhat stronger version of the amendment that has just gone down and seeks to take into account lifetime emissions rather than just emissions over a 12-month period. Given that there are other matters that we have not spent hours debating but that it would be useful for us to spend some time on, I will leave my comments there.

Question negatived.