Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I want to make some comments very briefly in relation to the matters that were raised. I am grateful for the briefing the government provided through the minister’s chief of staff. Brenton Prosser from my office attended and it was useful to get that information. I think it is fair though to say that there have been a number of significant changes. In relation to these particular amendments I will get guidance from you, Temporary Chairman, as to whether it is appropriate to ask this question. As a result of the changes that have been negotiated with the opposition, has any modelling been done in relation to the impact of those changes on, for instance, electricity price rises and the effectiveness of the scheme in terms of abatement? In other words, to what extent does it change the parameters that the government has already put with its existing modelling? That is my broad question. I suppose it would relate reasonably to this whole issue of extending the time of commencement.