Jonathon Duniam (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Environment, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you for being able to break those things out, Minister. That is interesting, and we will come back to those specific elements that will find their way into delegated legislation later on in the committee stage. What I do want to know is what modelling the government has done on the financial impact on businesses and households of the changes that have been agreed to with the Greens. I note that you did indicate that most of the changes as set out in the proposed amendments to the legislation are clear. Yes, I'm sure they are, once we get through reading the document, which was only provided to us an hour ago. It will become clear. But what is important as we move forward—and we will have to vote on these things no later than one o'clock tomorrow—I want to know: what modelling has been done about the impact on power prices and the cost of fuel and other sources of energy that households and business would have, and inputs to manufacturing processes? I want to know about any modelling that has been done on the way through as part of these discussions, which culminated in the 27 March decision. Any good government would go and model requests from a party like the Greens to understand whether it was good for the economy or bad. In the absence of modelling of these changes, I am very concerned that we've just signed up for an expedient political deal. So, hopefully you'll be able to tell me that modelling has been done and that it's rather thorough, and perhaps you might provide it to us.

Additionally, I have one further question on the issue of modelling. Was the modelling that was hidden by the Australian Senate by way of PII claim at any point shown to the Australian Greens as part of the discussions that occurred in the agreement around the announcement on 27 March? Was that modelling that we sought shown to any member of the Australian Greens, any member of their staff or anyone associated with them when it was hidden from the committee of the Senate and indeed the coalition?