Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Treasurer, upon notice, on 19 April 2011:

With reference to the proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, has the department conducted any research or modelling into what impact the proposed scheme will have on the percentage or amount of farming land in Australia that is used for food production; if so, can full details of this research or modelling be provided; if not, why not.

Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Treasurer has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

The 2011 Government report Strong Growth, Low Pollution: Modelling a Carbon Price provided details of modelling of the effect of a climate change mitigation policy on the economy including the effect on the percentage and amount of farming land in Australia that is used for food production. Full details are provided in section 4.4.4 of the report, which is available on the Treasury website: http://www.treasury.gov.au/carbonpricemodelling.