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

Thanks, Senator Pocock; I appreciate your waiting while I sought advice on that question. It's important to note that the provisions in the London protocol and also in the legislation that's before us go to scientific research activities. They don't seek to enable commercial activities of this kind, for example. In part, the research that is required is required so as to understand what impacts might arise from geoengineering activities in a marine environment. We should be cautious about it and we should understand what the impacts are if activities like this are to take place in our oceans. That's the reason for establishing a regulatory framework. It's so that we can gather information about it.