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
1:51 pm
Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source
Senator Back, you might not have been in the chamber when your colleague was asking me questions about this. We had quite a detailed exchange about the committee. The committee set out a division 2 of the amendments which are being discussed by the chamber. Proposed section 259J(2) says:
The Minister must not make or amend a domestic offsets project methodology determination unless the Minister does so in accordance with advice given to the Minister by the Domestic Offsets Integrity Committee.
Proposed section 259J(3) says:
To avoid doubt, the Minister may revoke a domestic offsets project methodology determination without obtaining advice from the Domestic Offsets Integrity Committee
I traversed this in some detail with Senator Macdonald.
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