Jenny McAllister (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Whish-Wilson, I answered this question yesterday. I made it very clear that the legislation before us is part of the government's broader arrangements to ensure that we have an appropriate set of legislative and regulatory arrangements to properly manage CCS projects. This is one part of that.

I'll make this additional point: this chamber had an extensive debate about the safeguard mechanism. As part of that mechanism, this chamber agreed to the imposition of very stringent requirements for new projects, including the Barossa project. We expect all covered entities under the safeguard mechanism to take the necessary steps to reduce their emissions. There's no secret about that. It was the subject of a very extensive debate here on legislation that you voted for. Indeed, as I recall it, Greens political party members were particularly supportive of those aspects of the arrangements that were put in place as part of that debate.