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

7:45 pm

Photo of Fiona NashFiona Nash (NSW, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

I move Nationals amendment (2) on sheet 6023:

(2)    Page 451 (after line 23), at the end of Part 25, add:

Division 5—Auditor-General’s report

373A  Additional function and report of the Auditor-General

        (1)    The following is an additional function of the Auditor-General:

                 Assessing the adequacy, reliability and comprehensiveness of Australian Government statistical and analytical reporting on the economic and environmental costs and benefits of the CPRS, including but not limited to:

             (a)    direct outlays;

             (b)    indirect outlays (tax expenditures);

             (c)    agency reports (by agencies including, but not limited to, the Australian Taxation Office, the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and the Australian Bureau of Statistics);

             (d)    the intergenerational report; and

             (e)    Council of Australian Governments reports.

        (2)    That within 4 years of Royal Assent, or by 2014, whichever is the earlier, the Auditor General present a report to each House of the Parliament assessing the matters specified in subsection (1).

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