Senate debates

Tuesday, 16 August 2011

Bills

Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Bill 2011, Carbon Credits (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2011, Australian National Registry of Emissions Units Bill 2011; In Committee

1:24 pm

Photo of Joe LudwigJoe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

We will certainly get them as soon as is practicable. It will not be in the next hour; I can assure you of that. We will see how we go. You can also make your own inquiries for it, but we will endeavour to get it as quickly as possible. As I said, before an activity is listed on the negative list, risks are assessed in accordance with that ISO code, which is called Risk Management—Principles and Guidelines. In the second step the minister will recommend that types of projects be added to the list following consultation with stakeholders, regional communities and regional NRM organisa­tions. State and territory local governments can also submit information about likely risks for assessment under that standard. I described earlier how the process would work under that fund. I will not go through it again in the interests of time, but I described how that fund would then support NRMs in that process as well and assist landholders. The whole concept is about assisting landholders in carbon abatement through the CFI framework.

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