Senate debates

Monday, 13 November 2023

Bills

Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Amendment (Using New Technologies to Fight Climate Change) Bill 2023; In Committee

5:26 pm

Photo of David PocockDavid Pocock (ACT, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

Tire dumping. It's another bill; it's a forthcoming bill.

I'm interested in looking at Gorgon because, if the largest CCS project owned by oil and gas giant Chevron, also backed by Shell and ExxonMobil, is still falling so far short of targets and expectations, why does the government have confidence to expand this industry now? You're telling us we are signing to the London protocol, which would enable more CCS. Given the concerns about a project backed by Chevron, Shell and ExxonMobil, what does the government say to Australians who are concerned that you've decided, despite the results from those projects, that it's a good idea to ratify a framework which allows the expansion of CCS?

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