Senate debates

Monday, 27 March 2023

Questions without Notice

Climate Change: Safeguard Mechanism

2:15 pm

Photo of Don FarrellDon Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

Thanks to Senator Canavan for his question. After a wasted decade, today is a very good day. We are legislating for a 43 per cent reduction, and today's changes are how we are going to deliver that. The safeguards will be a clear, stable and commonsense framework for reducing emissions. and the only chance in this parliament to reduce emissions of the biggest 215 emitters in this country. We thank businesses right across Australia, and particularly the Greens today, for their constructive dialogue. If the opposition have got some concerns about this particular policy, then they could have—

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