Senate debates
Thursday, 3 November 2011
Bills
Clean Energy Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Charges — Customs) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Charges — Excise) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Excise Tariff Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Fuel Tax Legislation Amendment) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Household Assistance Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (International Unit Surrender Charge) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Tax Laws Amendments) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge — Auctions) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge — Fixed Charge) Bill 2011, Clean Energy (Unit Shortfall Charge — General) Bill 2011, Clean Energy Regulator Bill 2011, Climate Change Authority Bill 2011, Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment Bill 2011, Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment Bill 2011; In Committee
7:08 pm
Bill Heffernan (NSW, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source
With regard to agriculture, if you believe science, and all science has vagary, by 2050 there will be 9 billion people on the planet, 50 per cent of the planet will be poor for water, 1 billion people will be unable to feed themselves, 30 per cent of the productive land of Asia will have gone out of production, two-thirds of the world's population will be living in Asia, there will have been a doubling of the food task and possibly 1.6 billion people on the planet will be displaced. We now have a trading system proposed for carbon credits. Other than in Australia, where in the world will Australian industries be able to trade carbon credits for trees?
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