Senate debates
Monday, 30 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
10:03 am
Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source
I move Greens amendment (12) on sheet 5786:
(12) Clause 14, page 34 (lines 22 to 33), omit “99%” (wherever occurring), substitute “95%”.
This is a very straightforward amendment and it is not one I intend to call a division on, so we should be able to deal with this fairly quickly. This is basically an amendment to the government’s legislation, as agreed to by the coalition, where it indicates that if regulations are not set then there is a default one per cent reduction in the cap for each year. The Greens are saying that a reduction of one per cent to 99 per cent is not enough. There should be a five per cent reduction to 95 per cent. In the unlikely event no regulations were set and this bill becomes law, the government wants to tighten the cap by one per cent per year. We think it should be tightened by five per cent per year.
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