Senate debates
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Customs) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Excise) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — General) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2009 [No. 2]
In Committee
7:37 pm
Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source
I apologise, Senator Xenophon. I forgot to mention you. So the government is not able to do what it told people it would do prior to the election, which was to introduce an emissions trading scheme, without getting the opposition’s support. I now seek leave to move government amendments (1) and (2) on sheet BE242 together.
Leave granted.
by leave—I move government amendments (1) and (2) on sheet BE242:
(1) Clause 2, page 2 (table item 2), omit “The 28th day”, substitute “The 42nd day”.
(2) Clause 2, page 2 (table item 2), omit “before the 28th day”, substitute “before the 42nd day”.
These amendments simply propose a 14-day delay in the commencement of the CPRS legislation. I am advised this will ensure a smooth handover of responsibilities from existing regulators to the new regulator, given that, if the bill is passed at this time, the handover period would include a Christmas break.
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