Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—I move Australian Greens amendments (1) and (3) to (10) on sheet 5862:

(1)    Clause 2, page 2 (after table item 7), insert:

(3)    Schedule 1, page 56 (after line 3), after item 183, insert:

183A  Subsection 24(1A)

Omit “This subsection is subject to subsection 25(3).”.

(4)    Schedule 1, page 56 (after line 3), after item 183, insert:

183B  After subsection 24(1A)

Insert:

(1AAA)   In addition to publishing the totals for the corporation’s group, the Authority must also publish on the website, in the case of a facility under the operational control of a member of the group and the individual operation of which meets a threshold mentioned in paragraph 13(1)(d) for a financial year:

             (a)    the greenhouse gas emissions that are scope 1 emissions; and

             (b)    the greenhouse gas emissions that are scope 2 emissions; and

             (c)    the energy consumption;

reported in relation to the facility under Part 3 or 3D.

(1AAB)    In addition to publishing the matters mentioned in subsection (1AAA), the Authority may also publish on the website:

             (a)    the methods mentioned in paragraph 19(6)(b) or 22E(2)(b) that were used to measure the values for the facility concerned; and

             (b)    the rating given to each of those methods under the determination under subsection 10(3).

(5)    Schedule 1, page 56 (after line 22), after item 184, insert:

184A  Subsection 24(1B)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

Limitations

      (1B)    The Authority must not publish information mentioned in:

             (a)    subsection (1)—unless the corporation’s group meets a threshold mentioned in paragraph 13(1)(a) for the financial year covered by the report; or

             (b)    subsection (1AAA)—unless the facility meets a threshold mentioned in paragraph 13(1)(d) for the financial year covered by the report.

(6)    Schedule 1, page 56 (after line 22), after item 184, insert:

184B  Subsection 24(1C)

Repeal the subsection.

(7)    Schedule 1, page 56 (after line 22), after item 184, insert:

184C  Subsection 24(2)

Omit “This subsection is subject to subsection 25(3).”.

(8)    Schedule 1, page 56 (after line 22), after item 184, insert:

184D  Subsection 24(3)

Omit “This subsection is subject to subsection 25(3).”.

(9)    Schedule 1, items 186 and 187, page 56 (lines 26 to 30), omit the items, substitute:

186  Section 25

Repeal the section.

(10)  Schedule 1, page 73 (after line 15), after Part 2, insert:

Part 2A—Amendment relating to facility reporting threshold

National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007

226A  Subparagraph 13(1)(d)(i)

Omit “25 kilotonnes”, substitute “10 kilotonnes”.

226B  Application

To avoid doubt, the amendment of subparagraph 13(1)(d)(i) of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 made by this Part applies in relation to a threshold for:

             (a)    the financial year beginning on 1 July 2012; or

             (b)    a later financial year.

I remind the Senate that these amendments refer to the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007. They basically say at what threshold a facility should report. The government’s bill has set 25 kilotonnes of carbon dioxide as the limit or the threshold beyond which a facility should report. The Australian Greens believe that we need a more stringent threshold, and so we have moved for a 10-kilotonne threshold. That is the significant change there.

The other aspect of this is publishing the information at the facility level. The government and the Greens have canvassed this on many occasions. The Greens believe that the reporting should be at the facility level and not the whole-of-company level so that the community can have a clear sense of what a facility is emitting. The information should be made public and readily available in a more transparent way. That is what these amendments go to.