Jenny McAllister (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy) Share this | Hansard source

nator McALLISTER (—) (): In brief, in response to a couple of the contributions, there are two things. Senator Whish-Wilson, as you know, we were appreciative of the willingness of the crossbench, including the Australian Greens, to work with us on sensible amendments to our reforms. We have the view that the reform package we're bringing before the parliament will make an important change. It will be important for Australian businesses and it will be important for the Australian climate.

We don't agree with you, as you know—we didn't agree and continue to disagree—on the question about whether or not new coal and gas facilities should be banned. Nonetheless, we do appreciate your willingness to engage constructively with us and, again, I reiterate the invitation that's been on the table since we formed government, which is that we are willing to work with all willing partners. It is a shame that the opposition chose to deal themselves out of this discussion, as they have on so many other questions that are before the parliament.

I want to provide some additional information to Senator Roberts. Senator Roberts asked me about quite a number of matters. In particular, at one point he was asking me about implementation of the Chubb review, or at least some of the findings of the Chubb review. I want to add that, in addition to seeking advice on revoking the avoided deforestation method, the minister has now actually revoked the method. That wasn't clear in my remarks before.