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

I thank the Senate for patience. We're obviously asking to step back into the work of the previous government, so it requires finding the relevant corporate knowledge. I understand that the bill was commenced in the Department of Water and the Environment and then, with the administrative arrangements that were published after the formation of the new government, transferred across to the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.