Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I want to draw Senator Ludwig’s attention to the fact that during the second reading debate I asked three specific questions in relation to this legislation, and I had thought that in the government’s summing-up they would have responded to those. That has not happened, but I am sure the advisers will have provided some information. I do not wish to delay the Senate but I hope that the minister will give me a response to the issues about individual facility reporting and public reporting of individual facility emissions. The second issue was in relation to why we set 25,000 when the EU has set 10,000 for phase 3 of their emissions trading scheme—what the rationale was and whether we are going to be seeing that. The third issue was with regard to the differentiation between the implementation of the phasing-in of stricter requirements for reporting. We are doing that for corporations but apparently not for individual facilities, so I wanted to have an explanation from the government as to why that is the case and how that is to be addressed. I ask that the minister respond to those particular issues.