

- Title
QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- Database
Senate Hansard
- Date
03-02-2009
- Source
Senate
- Parl No.
42
- Electorate
Western Australia
- Interjector
Brandis, Sen George
PRESIDENT, The
Cormann, Sen Mathias
Wong, Sen Penny
- Page
24
- Party
LP
- Presenter
- Status
Final
- Question No.
- Questioner
Cormann, Sen Mathias
- Responder
Conroy, Sen Stephen
- Speaker
- Stage
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
- Type
- Context
Questions Without Notice
- System Id
chamber/hansards/2009-02-03/0029


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Hansard
- Start of Business
- REPRESENTATION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
- STAFFING AND ADMINISTRATION
- COMMITTEES
- BUSINESS
- TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND GIFTS) BILL 2008
- THE NATIONALS AND LIBERAL PARTY
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
- DISTINGUISHED VISITORS
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QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE
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Taxation
(Hurley, Sen Annette, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
(Cormann, Sen Mathias, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Nation Building and Jobs Plan
(Pratt, Sen Louise, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Automotive Industry
(Abetz, Sen Eric, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Nation Building and Jobs Plan
(Brown, Sen Bob, Evans, Sen Chris) -
Trade: Policy
(Ryan, Sen Scott, Carr, Sen Kim) -
Interest Rates
(Marshall, Sen Gavin, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Broadband
(Minchin, Sen Nick, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Schools Infrastructure
(Wortley, Sen Dana, Carr, Sen Kim) -
Health
(Williams, Sen John, Ludwig, Sen Joe)
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Taxation
- QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE: TAKE NOTE OF ANSWERS
- CONDOLENCES
- TROOPER MARK DONALDSON VC
- PETITIONS
- NOTICES
- COMMITTEES
- NOTICES
- LEAVE OF ABSENCE
- MATTERS OF PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
- MINISTERIAL STATEMENTS
- DOCUMENTS
- BUDGET
- COMMITTEES
- TARKINE WILDERNESS
- AUDITOR-GENERAL’S REPORTS
- COMMITTEES
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SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS (EQUAL TREATMENT IN COMMONWEALTH LAWS—SUPERANNUATION) BILL 2008
EVIDENCE AMENDMENT BILL 2008
AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM, ASSESSMENT AND REPORTING AUTHORITY BILL 2008
NATIONAL MEASUREMENT AMENDMENT BILL 2008
TRANSPORT SECURITY AMENDMENT (2008 MEASURES NO. 1) BILL 2008
WATER AMENDMENT BILL 2008
AGED CARE AMENDMENT (2008 MEASURES NO. 2) BILL 2008
TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (EDUCATION REFUND) BILL 2008
EDUCATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2008
FAMILIES, HOUSING, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (FURTHER 2008 BUDGET AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2008
SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS (EQUAL TREATMENT IN COMMONWEALTH LAWS—GENERAL LAW REFORM) BILL 2008
TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (2008 MEASURES NO. 5) BILL 2008
CORPORATIONS AMENDMENT (SHORT SELLING) BILL 2008
INTERSTATE ROAD TRANSPORT CHARGE AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 2) 2008
ROAD CHARGES LEGISLATION REPEAL AND AMENDMENT BILL 2008
SOCIAL SECURITY AND VETERANS’ ENTITLEMENTS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (SCHOOLING REQUIREMENTS) BILL 2008
TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (LUXURY CAR TAX—MINOR AMENDMENTS) BILL 2008
TEMPORARY RESIDENTS’ SUPERANNUATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2008
SUPERANNUATION (DEPARTING AUSTRALIA SUPERANNUATION PAYMENTS TAX) AMENDMENT BILL 2008
SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE BILL 2008
NATION-BUILDING FUNDS BILL 2008
NATION-BUILDING FUNDS (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS) BILL 2008
COAG REFORM FUND BILL 2008
SAFE WORK AUSTRALIA (CONSEQUENTIAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) BILL 2008
BROADCASTING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (DIGITAL TELEVISION SWITCH-OVER) BILL 2008
MIGRATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (WORKER PROTECTION) BILL 2008 - TEMPORARY RESIDENTS’ SUPERANNUATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 2008
- BROADCASTING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (DIGITAL TELEVISION SWITCH-OVER) BILL 2008
- TAX LAWS AMENDMENT (POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND GIFTS) BILL 2008
- CORPORATIONS AMENDMENT (NO. 1) BILL 2008 [2009]
- DOCUMENTS
- ADJOURNMENT
- Adjournment
- DOCUMENTS
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QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
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Garnaut Review: Costs
(Abetz, Sen Eric, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Prime Minister: Heads of Missions Meetings
(Minchin, Sen Nick, Evans, Sen Chris) -
Beijing Olympic Games
(Minchin, Sen Nick, Ludwig, Sen Joe) -
Minister for Health and Ageing and Parliamentary Secretary: Overseas Travel
(Minchin, Sen Nick, Ludwig, Sen Joe) -
Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Parliamentary Secretary: Overseas Travel
(Minchin, Sen Nick, Evans, Sen Chris) -
Minister for Housing and Minister for the Status of Women and Parliamentary Secretary: Overseas Travel
(Minchin, Sen Nick, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Koala Conservation
(Brown, Sen Bob, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities
(Brown, Sen Bob, Sherry, Sen Nick) -
Australia Post
(Wortley, Sen Dana, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
National Broadband Network
(Minchin, Sen Nick, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
(Milne, Sen Christine, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Pacific Seasonal Worker Pilot Scheme
(Milne, Sen Christine, Evans, Sen Chris) -
Harvested Wood Product Pool
(Milne, Sen Christine, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Forest Carbon Partnerships
(Milne, Sen Christine, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Timber Imports
(Milne, Sen Christine, Sherry, Sen Nick) -
Clean Coal Power Plant
(Milne, Sen Christine, Carr, Sen Kim) -
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation in Developing Countries
(Milne, Sen Christine, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Plant Genetic Resources
(Milne, Sen Christine, Sherry, Sen Nick) -
Australian Advanced Air Traffic System
(Brown, Sen Bob, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Air Traffic Control Service Interruptions
(Brown, Sen Bob, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
National Pollutant Inventory Program
(Brown, Sen Bob, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Leopard Tanks
(Johnston, Sen David, Faulkner, Sen John) -
Exclusive Brethren
(Brown, Sen Bob, Faulkner, Sen John) -
Cambodia
(Brown, Sen Bob, Faulkner, Sen John) -
Luxury Car Tax Legislation
(Abetz, Sen Eric, Sherry, Sen Nick) -
Higher Education
(Abetz, Sen Eric, Carr, Sen Kim) -
Royal Australian Navy: Submarines
(Johnston, Sen David, Faulkner, Sen John) -
Royal Australian Navy: Frigates
(Johnston, Sen David, Faulkner, Sen John) -
Defence: Program Funding
(Johnston, Sen David, Faulkner, Sen John) -
Defence: Public Relations Staff and Media Monitoring
(Johnston, Sen David, Faulkner, Sen John) -
Defence: Communications Program Funding
(Johnston, Sen David, Faulkner, Sen John) -
Defence: Departmental Staff
(Johnston, Sen David, Faulkner, Sen John) -
Defence: Program Funding
(Johnston, Sen David, Faulkner, Sen John) -
Special Minister of State: Staffing
(Johnston, Sen David, Faulkner, Sen John) -
Special Minister of State: Staffing
(Johnston, Sen David, Faulkner, Sen John) -
Defence: Staffing
(Johnston, Sen David, Faulkner, Sen John) -
Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government: Staffing
(Bushby, Sen David, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Australian National Academy of Music
(Milne, Sen Christine, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Special Disability Trusts
(Siewert, Sen Rachel, Evans, Sen Chris) -
Tiwi Islands
(Siewert, Sen Rachel, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Internet
(Ludlam, Sen Scott, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Internet
(Ludlam, Sen Scott, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Internet
(Ludlam, Sen Scott, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Internet
(Ludlam, Sen Scott, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Indigenous Broadcasting and Media
(Ludlam, Sen Scott, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Royal Australian Navy
(Siewert, Sen Rachel, Faulkner, Sen John) -
Indigenous Education
(Siewert, Sen Rachel, Carr, Sen Kim) -
Satellite Technology
(Brown, Sen Bob, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy: Program Funding
(Ronaldson, Sen Michael, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations: Program Funding
(Ronaldson, Sen Michael, Carr, Sen Kim) -
Education, Employment and Workplace Relations: Program Funding
(Ronaldson, Sen Michael, Ludwig, Sen Joe) -
Finance and Deregulation: Program Funding
(Ronaldson, Sen Michael, Sherry, Sen Nick) -
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry: Program Funding
(Ronaldson, Sen Michael, Sherry, Sen Nick) -
Treasury: Media Monitoring
(Ronaldson, Sen Michael, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Treasury: Consultancies
(Ronaldson, Sen Michael, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research: Visit to Japan
(Abetz, Sen Eric, Carr, Sen Kim) -
Newcastle Rail Service
(Ludlam, Sen Scott, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Defence: Commonwealth Credit Cards
(Ronaldson, Sen Michael, Faulkner, Sen John) -
Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts: Commonwealth Credit Cards
(Ronaldson, Sen Michael, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Veterans’ Affairs: Commonwealth Credit Cards
(Ronaldson, Sen Michael, Faulkner, Sen John) -
Rudd Government: Principal Advisers
(Ronaldson, Sen Michael, Faulkner, Sen John) -
Sunitinib Malate
(Milne, Sen Christine, Ludwig, Sen Joe) -
Western Australia: Solar Salt Project
(Siewert, Sen Rachel, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Australian Federal Police
(Cormann, Sen Mathias, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Defence: Program Funding
(Abetz, Sen Eric, Faulkner, Sen John) -
Veterans’ Affairs: Program Funding
(Abetz, Sen Eric, Faulkner, Sen John) -
United Nations: Resolutions
(Cormann, Sen Mathias, Faulkner, Sen John) -
Centrelink: Adelaide Office
(Scullion, Sen Nigel, Ludwig, Sen Joe) -
Centrelink: Adelaide Office
(Scullion, Sen Nigel, Ludwig, Sen Joe) -
Mr Harry Nicolaides
(Brown, Sen Bob, Faulkner, Sen John) -
United Nations: Zimbabwe and the Congo
(Brown, Sen Bob, Faulkner, Sen John) -
Radioactive Waste
(Ludlam, Sen Scott, Carr, Sen Kim) -
National Health and Medical Research Council Career Development Awards
(Abetz, Sen Eric, Ludwig, Sen Joe) -
Liquified Natural Gas Processing Plant
(Cormann, Sen Mathias, Carr, Sen Kim) -
Attorney-General’s: Staff Working Hours
(Abetz, Sen Eric, Wong, Sen Penny)
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Garnaut Review: Costs
Page: 24
Senator CORMANN (2:11 PM)
—My question is to Senator Conroy, the Minister representing the Treasurer. In light of today’s updated Treasury forecasts, will the government direct Treasury to conduct further modelling on the impact of Labor’s proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme on the economy?
Senator CONROY (Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy)
—I thank Senator Cormann for that question. What this government is doing is addressing the challenges that it is faced with today. The IMF forecasts which have been released in the last few days have indicated the magnitude of the worldwide recession. The government is also, unlike those opposite, facing up to the climate change challenge and is going to press ahead with its Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. We have modelled it, we have worked through these issues and we are completely confident that the world economic recession will not allow us to be deflected—unlike those opposite, who are torn between those wanting to support their leader and those who want to support their leader in this chamber. Those who are climate change sceptics, those who are non-believers in climate change, let us be clear—
Senator Brandis
—Are we going to burn at the stake?
The PRESIDENT
—The minister will resume his seat. I know it is the first day back and there are a number of people a little bit excited, but the person answering the question is entitled to be heard in silence.
Senator CONROY
—The Treasury engaged in the largest modelling exercise that we have ever seen in this country before we released the paper. Let us be clear about this: those opposite can choose to put their head in the sand and continue to be deniers or they can get on board. (Time expired)
Senator CORMANN
—Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Is the minister aware that Paul Howes, the National Secretary of the Australian Workers Union, representing more than 100,000 working Australians, has criticised the Treasury modelling as inadequate, calling on the government to do more Treasury modelling on the impact of the CPRS on various sectors of the economy? Does the minister share Mr Howes’s concerns for jobs that could be lost as a result of the CPRS putting additional pressure, for example, on the steel and aluminium sectors?
Senator CONROY (Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy)
—Unlike those opposite, I know Mr Howes well, and I have a very high regard for Mr Howes’s skills. But, when it comes to economic analysis, forecasting and Treasury modelling, I will stick with Treasury—no disrespect to Mr Howes, whom I consider a friend. When it comes to the impact of the scheme, I will go with Treasury any day of the week—any day of the week when it comes to the modelling. I am very confident that Treasury know a little bit more about this than Mr Howes, and that is no disrespect whatsoever to Mr Howes, a man for whom, as I said, I have a high regard.
Senator CORMANN
—Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Given the minister’s answer and his confidence in the Treasury modelling, will the minister guarantee that no further Australian jobs will be lost as a result of the implementation of Labor’s proposed CPRS?
Senator CONROY (Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy)
—The Treasury modelling released in October 2008 demonstrated that economies that defer action face long-term costs that are around 15 per cent higher than those that take action now. So those opposite who want to defer, delay and deny will be putting a greater cost on this economy and Australian workers and families by the position that they are taking and now advocating—once again, inconsistent with Mr Turnbull’s position. Those opposite who want to try and argue that they have some—
Senator Cormann
—Mr President, I rise on a point of order. The minister is misleading the Senate because he is referring to modelling done for the Garnaut review and not to the Treasury modelling. I urge you, Mr President, to call on the minister not to mislead the Senate.
Senator Wong
—Mr President, on the point of order: I suggest perhaps that Senator Cormann read the Treasury modelling, the largest modelling exercise in Australia’s history. He would find that Senator Conroy is quite accurate in his analysis of what is in the report.
Opposition senators interjecting—
The PRESIDENT
—Order! I am not proceeding until there is silence; it is as simple as that. There is no point of order. Senator Conroy, you have 10 seconds left to answer the question.
Senator CONROY
—The premise of the question being put by those opposite is completely flawed. That is why answering a question as irrelevant— (Time expired)