Senate debates Green Loans Program

Order


Simon Birmingham

Simon Birmingham SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling Basin

3:36 pm

I move:

That there be laid on the table by the Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water, no later than noon on 13 May 2010, a copy of the following reports relating to the Green Loans program, as referred to by the Minister in her 10 March 2010 statement to the Senate (Senate Hansard, p. 1521):

(a)
the audit report by PricewaterhouseCoopers into the assessor accreditation process and adherence to the Protocol for Assessor Accrediting Organisations; and
(b)
the report of the independent inquiry in relation to contractual agreements and procurement processes entered into during the final design and implementation of the program.

Question agreed to.

Kerry O'Brien

Kerry O'Brien Tasmania, Australian Labor Party

3:37 pm

by leave—The government opposes this motion. We recognise that Senator Birmingham has the support of his coalition colleagues and the Greens in the chamber and therefore has a majority. We will not be calling a division. Our position is the same for motion No. 775 if moved and motion No. 776 if moved.