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

I have explained to the chamber on many occasions over the last six days why the government is introducing the bill. Senator Hanson made a number of assertions in her most recent contribution which don't really respond to the information I've already provided to the chamber.

The bill would invoke a set of requirements for any government to make sure that there is a robust assessment of the environmental impact of any project of this kind, and I really have explained at length the kinds of things that would be considered. I can read them into the Hansard again. The environmental impact assessment would require a long-term management plan, a geological assessment and marine characterisation of the disposal site, an impact and risk assessment, a mitigation and remediation plan, a description of any potential impacts on any matters of national environmental significance, a waste prevention audit, waste management options, chemical and physical properties of the carbon dioxide, an assessment of potential effects, and monitoring and risk management.