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

I have a question on a different topic but in relation to the same amendment. I do not know how long ago the minister asked what we were planning to do with this particular amendment. I have a series of questions to ask and if my colleagues have asked their questions I am keen to have a vote on it; otherwise this is a bit like The Neverending Story. I did indicate that I have got an amendment in relation to the issue of landfill waste gas capture, but in order to help facilitate this part of the committee stage I have provided to the minister’s office a series of questions to try to facilitate the answers to this.

I note in the briefing notes to the agreement of 24 November that has been tabled by the minister that the government is intending to introduce amendments to provide for sectors not covered by the CPRS to access offsets such as legacy waste. I have looked at the amendments before us and cannot find these changes. Maybe I have missed the obvious, Minister, and I will stand corrected on that. But I note that page 8 of the agreement of 24 November, under a box entitled ‘Implementation’, refers to other environmental enhancements to be included via amendments in 2010. Can the minister confirm that, in relation to legacy waste, that will be the subject of other amendments or is it covered under the amendments before us?