Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

The Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

(1) Emissions from the transport sector are estimated and reported as part of Australia's National Greenhouse Accounts. Emissions from domestic aviation are published annually on the Department's website and can be interrogated for each state and territory using the Australian Greenhouse Emissions Information System: http://ageis.climatechange.gov.au/.

(2) (a)    The Department does not record the number of kilometres flown within each state and territory. (b)    The number of kilometres flown is not required to estimate carbon dioxide equivalent emissions from aviation. Emissions are estimated based on the amount of fuel combusted, the number of landing and takeoff cycles and the characteristics of the aircraft fleet.