Michael Ronaldson (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Veterans' Affairs) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Prime Minister, upon notice, on 4 July 2011:

In a post on the Prime Minister's blog dated 30 May 2011, the Prime Minister (Ms Gillard) wrote, 'The best way to cut carbon pollution is to make up to 1000 of our biggest polluters pay for every tonne of carbon pollution they generate. Not households. Not small businesses. Just the top 1000 polluters': Can a list be provided detailing each of the top 1000 polluters that the Prime Minister was referring to in her post.

Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

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

I am advised that the carbon price will be applied to those companies that have operational control over a facility that emits over 25,000 tonnes annually of CO2-e emissions, except where those companies are in sectors not covered by the carbon price.

Estimates of the number of companies that will be liable to pay a carbon price is largely based on emissions data previously reported under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 (the NGER Act).

Of the estimated 500 businesses to be subject to a carbon price:

Given that only greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption data can be published by the Greenhouse and Energy Data Office, it is not possible to provide details of corporations listed on the NGER Register as this would breach secrecy provisions under the NGER Act