Senate debates
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Customs) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Excise) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — General) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2009 [No. 2]
In Committee
10:26 pm
Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source
I will just make this comment. I have said that I do not have the official here. I have given the chamber an assurance that I will ensure he is here tomorrow morning. We can continue this debate about a highly technical issue, talking about lightning strikes and cigarette butts, but I do not think that is going to assist. We on this side of the chamber advocate for consistent and coherent international accounting rules that do encourage appropriate practices. That is what we do. If you want technical detail about bushfires, I have said I will bring the official. I do not have the official here tonight. Senator Joyce or Senator Brown, you can continue to talk about this issue, but I have indicated to the chamber that I will ask the official to come tomorrow morning.
Again, I make the point: we are debating the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. We are not debating the international accounting rules.
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