Senate debates

Monday, 16 November 2009

Emissions Trading Scheme

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3:04 pm

Photo of Nick SherryNick Sherry (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

I will be very brief in my remarks. I am tabling an assessment of the Frontier Economics proposal to provide intensity-based allocations to electricity generators. It is 12 pages long. In addition to Senator Xenophon having raised it by way of his motion, this matter was raised with Senator Wong and me in the supplementary budget estimates. We took questions on notice about the provision of advice to government relating to Treasury and DCC analysis of the Frontier Economics proposal. A commitment was given to consider what further information could be provided to the estimates committee. The document that I have tabled summarises the government’s assessment of the Frontier proposal.

I just want to conclude by making the point that we are responding to both the questions at supplementary budget estimates and Senator Xenophon’s motion agreed to on 27 October.

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