Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

I find it interesting, if I may say, that we actually accede to an opposition demand but they are still complaining. But that is the way it goes, I suppose. We know that there are some on the other side who do not wish to take action on climate change and will do whatever they can to avoid it. I hope more sensible heads prevail.

I also indicate that the government is providing a number of other measures to assist farmers with the introduction of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. For example, agricultural producers will receive the cent-for-cent reduction in fuel excise which was announced by the Prime Minister in December of last year. The government has already announced that farmers and other landholders will be eligible to generate offsets from planting trees to sequester carbon and that would be available from commencement of the scheme. The government has allocated $46.2 million to a climate change research— (Time expired)