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

Thank you, President. I can say that we're not amending the EPBC Act. What we're doing is saying that, when a project is approved under the EPBC Act, its emissions will be assessed against the safeguard mechanism targets. The two processes remain completely separate. It's about sensibly sharing information that is relevant to the safeguard mechanism scheme. The scheme does not give scope to the minister to reverse environmental approvals, and, while the government already has accountability through the Annual climate change statement, we are happy to add additional transparency and accountability to make sure the intention of the reforms is met.

I might add—I mentioned Jennifer Westacott—that the Ai Group made a comment about this deal that you don't like, Senator Duniam. They said it's a good deal. Innes Willox says it's a good deal. The treatment— (Time expired)