Senate debates

Wednesday, 22 August 2012

Questions without Notice

Carbon Pricing

2:25 pm

Photo of Penny WongPenny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

As I said in my earlier answer, which it appears they did not hear because they were so busy shouting, I am not able to give the precise numbers of each firm within each industry. I am not able to give precise answers about how many businesses within each sector, within each industry, are eligible in terms of the criteria. Those criteria are public and they have been worked through by an independent advisory committee. I can give the opposition and the Senate an indication of the sorts of industries and activities which have been determined to be emissions-intensive trade-exposed and they, of course, include aluminium, steel, glass, paper and a range of others. I do not have figures with me about the number of firms conducting activities within each of those industries, which I made clear in my first answer.

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