Senate debates
Thursday, 27 November 2025
Bills
Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025, National Environmental Protection Agency Bill 2025, Environment Information Australia Bill 2025, Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Customs Charges Imposition) Bill 2025, Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Excise Charges Imposition) Bill 2025, Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (General Charges Imposition) Bill 2025, Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (Restoration Charge Imposition) Bill 2025; In Committee
5:15 pm
Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment and Water) Share this | Hansard source
I'm sorry, Senator Pocock, I may have inadvertently misled you in my previous answer. I was of the understanding that Professor Samuel did recommend rulings in his review. I can see him up there, and he probably knows better than me. What I'm advised is that it wasn't in his review that he recommended rulings; he subsequently spoke of, including at the Senate committee inquiry, the benefit of rulings.
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