Larissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Can the minister also please clarify the other parts of that same paragraph, number 3 on page 10 of the supplementary explanatory memorandum, which states that, in order to reduce the aggregate emissions, changes to the rules shouldn't be made to reduce the number of designated facilities? Our understanding of that paragraph, and that's what I am seeking your clarity on, Minister, is that making clear that the thresholds for facilities to be covered by the scheme from 100,000 tonnes shouldn't be raised artificially to remove facilities from the scheme rather than changes to baselines or offsetting to reduce a facility's emissions. Is that correct, and can you provide an explanation of the intent of that paragraph?