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Title

  • Bills — Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022; in Committee
  • Climate Change Bill 2022, Climate Change (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2022 - in Committee - Cost benefit analysis

Description

  • <p class="speaker">Dorinda Cox</p>
  • <p>The question now is that Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party's amendment (1) on sheet 1629, circulated earlier, be agreed to.</p>
  • The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2022-09-08.75.1) introduced by Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party, which means it failed.
  • ### Amendment text
  • > *(1) Clause 12, page 7 (after line 24), after subclause (1), insert:*
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  • > *(1A) A statement under subsection (1) must include:*
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  • >> *(a) the total amount of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions for the financial year to which the statement relates; and*
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  • >> *(b) a cost benefit analysis of each of the Commonwealth's policies mentioned in the statement, including:*
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  • >>> *(i) the amount by which the policy reduces anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions; and*
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  • >>> *(ii) a regulatory impact statement for the policy which includes an outline of each of the matters mentioned in subsection (1B).*
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  • > *(1B) For the purposes of subparagraph (1A)(b)(ii), the matters are the following:*
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  • >> *(a) the impact, if any, on the Commonwealth budget of that policy in the year to which the statement relates;*
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  • >> *(b) the estimated impact, if any, on the Commonwealth budget of that policy in the following 3 financial years;*
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  • >> *(c) the impact, if any, on Australia's gross domestic product that can be specifically attributed to that policy;*
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  • >> *(d) the policy's compatibility with human rights (within the meaning of the Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011).*
  • <p> <i>Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party</i> <i>'s</i> <i> circulated amendment&#8212;</i></p>
  • <p class="italic">(1) Clause 12, page 7 (after line 24), after subclause (1), insert:</p>
  • <p class="italic">(1A) A statement under subsection (1) must include:</p>
  • <p class="italic">(a) the total amount of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions for the financial year to which the statement relates; and</p>
  • <p class="italic">(b) a cost benefit analysis of each of the Commonwealth's policies mentioned in the statement, including:</p>
  • <p class="italic">(i) the amount by which the policy reduces anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions; and</p>
  • <p class="italic">(ii) a regulatory impact statement for the policy which includes an outline of each of the matters mentioned in subsection (1B).</p>
  • <p class="italic">(1B) For the purposes of subparagraph (1A)(b)(ii), the matters are the following:</p>
  • <p class="italic">(a) the impact, if any, on the Commonwealth budget of that policy in the year to which the statement relates;</p>
  • <p class="italic">(b) the estimated impact, if any, on the Commonwealth budget of that policy in the following 3 financial years;</p>
  • <p class="italic">(c) the impact, if any, on Australia's gross domestic product that can be specifically attributed to that policy;</p>
  • <p class="italic">(d) the policy's compatibility with human rights (within the meaning of the <i>Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Act 2011</i>).</p>
  • <p></p>