Steve Georganas (Adelaide, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to table a petition.

Leave granted.

Last week I provided to the Table Office a petition on behalf of some residents in my electorate. The undersigned residents were the U City residential village in Franklin Street. They requested that I table this particular petition. The petition reads that the government should make urgent representations with this particular position to the following federal ministers: the Prime Minister, the Minister for the Environment and Water, the Minister for Climate Change and Energy and the Minister for Resources. It talks about bringing some issues to the minister's attention that the U City residents are passionate about. Those are related to climate change and their views on national policies that are required for action in a climate emergency as declared by, for example, the South Australian government. No. 1 is for the urgent adoption of the recommendations of the IEA and United Nations. No. 2 is to subject any planned offsetting of emissions of the most rigorous scientific examination by recognised national and international science groups such as the IPCC. No. 3 asks that we stop referring to schemes as carbon capture and storage until recognised national and international science groups confirm the capability of those current schemes to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide levels cost effectively. They are a very passionate group. (Time expired)

Terry Young (Longman, Liberal National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The document will be forwarded to the Standing Committee on Petitions for its consideration. It will be accepted subject to confirmation by the committee that it conforms to the standing orders.