A package of 7 Bills was introduced in the House of Reps on Wed 19.9.2012. The Bills make amendments that cover:
- arrangements to facilitate the linking of Australia’s carbon pricing mechanism to other countries’ emissions trading schemes, including the EU ETS;
- the removal of the price floor and repeal of the Clean Energy (International Unit Surrender Charge) Act 2011;
- consequential changes to the equivalent carbon pricing of liquid fuels and synthetic greenhouse gases;
- the streamlining of arrangements for relinquished carbon units;
- limits on issue of carbon units at auction without a pollution cap in place;
- the content of Measurement Determinations under the NGER Act;
- the treatment of natural gas under the carbon pricing mechanism; and
- the treatment of GST joint venture operators in the Opt-in Scheme.
The Bills are the:
- ;Clean Energy Legislation Amendment (International Emissions Trading and Other Measures) Bill 2012
- Excise Tariff Amendment (Per-tonne Carbon Price Equivalent) Bill 2012;
- Clean Energy (Charges-Excise) Amendment Bill 2012;
- Clean Energy (Charges-Customs) Amendment Bill 2012;
- Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment (Per-tonne Carbon Price Equivalent) Bill 2012;
- Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment (Per-tonne Carbon Price Equivalent) Bill 2012;
- Clean Energy (Unit Issue Charge-Auctions) Amendment Bill 2012.
[LTN 182, 19/9]
Clean Energy Bills referred to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 29 October 2012
The package of 7 Bills (that would, among other things, facilitate the linking of Australia’s carbon pricing mechanism to other countries’ emissions trading schemes (including the EU ETS) and remove the carbon price floor) have been referred to the Senate Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 29 October 2012.
[LTN 183, 20/9]
Clean Energy Bills also referred to House of Representatives Committee for report
The following package of Bills has now also been referred to the House of Reps Standing Committee on Economics for report.
[LTN 184, 21/9]