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CARBON POLLUTION REDUCTION SCHEME BILL 2009 [NO. 2]

CARBON POLLUTION REDUCTION SCHEME (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 2009 [NO. 2]

AUSTRALIAN CLIMATE CHANGE REGULATORY AUTHORITY BILL 2009 [NO. 2]

CARBON POLLUTION REDUCTION SCHEME (CHARGES—CUSTOMS) BILL 2009 [NO. 2]

CARBON POLLUTION REDUCTION SCHEME (CHARGES—EXCISE) BILL 2009 [NO. 2]

CARBON POLLUTION REDUCTION SCHEME (CHARGES—GENERAL) BILL 2009 [NO. 2]

CARBON POLLUTION REDUCTION SCHEME (CPRS FUEL CREDITS) BILL 2009 [NO. 2]

CARBON POLLUTION REDUCTION SCHEME (CPRS FUEL CREDITS) (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 2009 [NO. 2]

EXCISE TARIFF AMENDMENT (CARBON POLLUTION REDUCTION SCHEME) BILL 2009 [NO. 2]

CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT (CARBON POLLUTION REDUCTION SCHEME) BILL 2009 [NO. 2]

CARBON POLLUTION REDUCTION SCHEME AMENDMENT (HOUSEHOLD ASSISTANCE) BILL 2009 [NO. 2]

In Committee

Database

Senate Hansard

Date

25-11-2009

Source

Senate

Parl No.

42

Electorate

Queensland

Interjector

 

Page

8931

Party

NATS

Presenter

 

Status

Final

Question No.

 

Questioner

 

Responder

 

Speaker

Joyce, Sen Barnaby

Stage

In Committee

Type

 

Context

Bills

System Id

chamber/hansards/2009-11-25/0342


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Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Page: 8931


Senator JOYCE (Leader of the Nationals in the Senate) (10:25 PM) —With all due respect, my voting against the bill is not the issue. I am here on behalf of the Australian people, and specifically the people of Queensland, to ask questions of the executive—of which you are a part. The job here is that I ask the questions and you answer them.

Now we have got the situation where if there is a lightning strike, and I see the lightning strike, it is a natural start to a fire—if I let it get away and it burns out half of New South Wales or half of Queensland that is a natural occurrence and I should not worry about it—but if I drop a cigarette butt—and I know you should not smoke—that is an unnatural fire and it must be accounted for. Who is going to be wandering around the scrub to determine which fires are natural and which ones are unnatural?