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
7:45 pm
Fiona Nash (NSW, National Party) Share this | Hansard source
I move Nationals amendment (2) on sheet 6023:
(2) Page 451 (after line 23), at the end of Part 25, add:
Division 5—Auditor-General’s report
373A Additional function and report of the Auditor-General
(1) The following is an additional function of the Auditor-General:
Assessing the adequacy, reliability and comprehensiveness of Australian Government statistical and analytical reporting on the economic and environmental costs and benefits of the CPRS, including but not limited to:
(a) direct outlays;
(b) indirect outlays (tax expenditures);
(c) agency reports (by agencies including, but not limited to, the Australian Taxation Office, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and the Australian Bureau of Statistics);
(d) the intergenerational report; and
(e) Council of Australian Governments reports.
(2) That within 4 years of Royal Assent, or by 2014, whichever is the earlier, the Auditor General present a report to each House of the Parliament assessing the matters specified in subsection (1).
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