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
9:48 pm
John Williams (NSW, National Party) Share this | Hansard source
On another totally different issue, I believe under the Kyoto agreement that carbon in the soil, and soil sequestration of carbon, are not included. Is the government going to take an argument to the gathering in Copenhagen next month that the storing of carbon in the soil should be acknowledged? Does the government have the goal of realising that carbon can be stored in the soil and that it can be increased? I know it is very good for the soil and I have seen a lot of improved farmland as a result of it. Is your government going to take that argument to Copenhagen so that the conference actually realises soil carbon?
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