Ian Campbell (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for the Environment and Heritage) Share this | Hansard source

I am happy to get that information from the Australian Greenhouse Office on how they get the information that is provided to the world at large on all of Australians greenhouse gas emitting operations. I know, from reading the information thoroughly myself, that the change in land use and forestry activities in every state is reported on. I think it is entirely valid to ask how those reports are put together. If Senator Brown wants the whole chamber to be familiar with that, I would be happy to provide that information.

Senator Brown also asked about energy efficiency measures. He is quite right in pointing to the fact that energy efficiency can deliver substantial abatement at very low cost. The government has put in place a range of measures to ensure that the household sector—which creates about 20 per cent of Australia’s emissions—and the industrial sector have in place a number of policy measures to achieve energy efficiency.