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
5:00 pm
Alan Eggleston (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source
LNG is very important as a means of reducing carbon emissions and thereby is a preferred source of energy under the new and modern concern about carbon emissions. In Western Australia, the gas industry is very significant and important. Very briefly, I want to say that I support the remarks made by Senator Cormann. We do believe in the interests of reducing carbon emissions in the provision of fuel for electricity generation that putting LNG in the top category of emissions-intensive trade-exposed industries is a very significant step which should be taken, because the outcomes are very positive. I echo Senator Adams’s question: why on earth has LNG not been put in that category? It does, in the overall, mean that carbon emissions will be greatly reduced if LNG is used as a preferred fuel for electricity generation.
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