House debates

Thursday, 4 June 2015

Bills

Energy Grants and Other Legislation Amendment (Ethanol and Biodiesel) Bill 2015; Second Reading

9:33 am

Photo of Josh FrydenbergJosh Frydenberg (Kooyong, Liberal Party, Assistant Treasurer) Share this | | Hansard source

I move:

That this bill be now read a second time.

The Energy Grants and Other Legislation Amendment (Ethanol and Biodiesel) Bill 2015 is one of a number of bills in this package that implements measures to change the taxation treatment of fuel ethanol and biodiesel.

The measures remove existing grant schemes and instead provide that the domestic production of biodiesel and fuel ethanol will be subject to a reduced but gradually increasing rate of excise.

Full details of the measure are contained in the explanatory memorandum.

Debate adjourned.