Senate debates
Monday, 13 November 2023
Bills
Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Amendment (Using New Technologies to Fight Climate Change) Bill 2023; In Committee
4:50 pm
Jenny McAllister (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy) Share this | Hansard source
As I indicated to Senator Pocock just now, the bill requires the minister to have regard to all our international agreements when making decisions. That includes the London protocol, and it's the London protocol that steps out the requirements on parties to manage risks to the environment when activities like this are proposed.
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