Senate debates

Monday, 30 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

5:03 pm

Photo of Christopher BackChristopher Back (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I join my colleagues in their comments and also the question to the minister. I look forward, of course, to support from Senator Sterle and Senator Siewert as fellow Western Australian senators on the question of increasing LNG from 66 per cent to 94½ per cent. I also draw attention to the figures that Senator Adams and Senator Cash have alerted us to—that is, that the Gorgon project will produce annually some 8.5 million tonnes of greenhouse gas equivalent, of which 3.4 will be buried, leaving a net of five—

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