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
3:22 pm
Barnaby Joyce (Queensland, National Party) Share this | Hansard source
We would like to commend Senator Xenophon for the work he has put in, and also the work of Danny Price and Frontier Economics. We concur with a lot of the issues that Danny Price has brought to light, especially with regard to costings—in fact, we have been referring to them as we have gone through. However, to agree to Senator Xenophon’s amendment would be to agree to another form of emissions trading scheme prior to Copenhagen. We do not concur with that; we think that we should be looking for more prominent positions being taken by the major emitters around the globe. At this point in time, merely days before Copenhagen, unfortunately we are disinclined to support Senator Xenophon on this amendment.
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