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Title

QUESTIONS ON NOTICE

Environment: Greenhouse Gas Abatement Program

Database

Senate Hansard

Date

03-08-2004

Source

Senate

Parl No.

40

Electorate

Tasmania

Interjector

 

Page

25475

Party

AG

Presenter

 

Status

Final

Question No.

2614

Questioner

Brown, Sen Bob

Responder

Macdonald, Sen Ian

Speaker

 

Stage

Environment: Greenhouse Gas Abatement Program

Type

 

Context

Answers to Questions on Notice

System Id

chamber/hansards/2004-08-03/0147


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Tuesday, 3 August 2004
Page: 25475


Senator Brown asked the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment and Heritage, upon notice, on 2 March 2004:

With reference to the Greenhouse Gas Abatement Program: As of the end of June 2003, how much of the expenditure on the program has been spent on: (a) funded projects; (b) administration; and (c) other government programmes.


Senator Ian Macdonald (Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation) —The Minister for the Environment and Heritage has provided the following answer to the honourable senator's question:

(a) To the end of June 2003, there has been expenditure of $10.7m on Greenhouse Gas Abatement Program (GGAP) projects. To the end of April 2004, there has been expenditure of $22.0m on GGAP projects.

(b) To the end of June 2003, there has been expenditure of $5.836m on salaries and administration for GGAP since 2000. To the end of April 2004, there has been expenditure of $7.3m on salaries and administration. This includes resources expended on project design and consultation with stakeholders in the initial years of the program.

(c) To the end of June 2003, there has been expenditure of $26.9m on the following other government programs: Domestic Greenhouse Policy Development, Greenhouse International Policy and Reporting and Greenhouse Sinks, National Carbon Accounting System, Cool Communities, and a Biofuels Market Barrier Study. To the end of April 2004, there has been expenditure of $52.8m on these programs and the 2003-04 Bridging Strategy to continue Safeguarding the Future programs for one year.