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

I move Greens amendment (1) on sheet 5679:

(1)    Clause 7, page 4 (line 21), at the end of subclause (2), add “and should ensure that, where relevant, grants require:

             (a)    national infrastructure priorities to be addressed;

             (b)    high benefits to be demonstrated and effective use of resources;

             (c)    climate change mitigation and adaptation and biodiversity conservation;

             (d)    preparation for the global oil production peak and subsequent decline in oil production;

             (e)    infrastructure needs to be efficiently addressed;

              (f)    demonstrable achievement of established standards in implementation and management.”.

This amendment relates to insisting on climate change mitigation and peak oil being included in assessments of the grants. We have already had this debate and I do not think I need to argue for it anymore. What I am intending to do is clear. It is similar to what I have done before.