Barry Maggie: Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading and Other Matters) Amendment Bill — Third Reading 
Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume 
Barry Maggie: Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading and Other Matters) Amendment Bill — Third Reading 
[Sitting date: 08 November 2012. Volume:685;Page:6465. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
MAGGIE BARRY (National—North Shore) 
: 
 I rise to speak to the final reading of the Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading and Other Matters) Amendment Bill. Specifically this bill seeks to modify the emissions trading scheme. As a member of the Local Government and Environment Committee I can honestly say that I believe that as a country we do our fair share in regards to this. Broadly speaking this Government intends to maintain incentives for reducing emissions without loading more costs on households and businesses. Our emissions trading scheme is helping to contribute to a stronger and more productive economy. These are arguments that have been played out many times not only in the select committee but also in the previous readings speeches and debates that have been brought through today. It is straightforward and sensible—something that the person who has just sat down in the Opposition benches David Clark will probably always fail to appreciate but that is his loss. This is a pragmatic series of measures that have been put together with a sensible approach in these troubled economic times. 
My colleague the Hon Dr Nick Smith posed two very sensible questions which the opposing voices have not been able to answer. What other countries have included agricultural emissions? None that are intending to—not very many. Apparently Australia South Korea Japan China and possibly some American states might look at introducing emissions trading schemes. There is political mayhem in their own countries about this and it is unlikely that anyone is going to do it before 2015. I would like to reassure those who are sensibly following this debate and these discussions that this Government will be monitoring other countries’ contributions very closely. The emissions trading scheme should be reviewed in 2015 but that will follow the development of a new global agreement. 
 The other interesting question that I think the Hon Dr Nick Smith posed which again was not answered by anyone else on the opposing side of the argument is how doubling the costs from 1 January next year will actually help us in one of the biggest challenges facing our nation which is to increase jobs. It will not at all. Members opposite have avoided that question because they know that the proposals that they are putting forward the la-la land stuff that we heard from the Greens is completely unlikely to do anything to improve our job situation. 
I must say and my colleague David Bennett touched on this that the Greens with the nonsense about false prophets the holier-than-thou nonsense that was delivered to us—it would almost be laughable if it was not quite so tedious and self-righteous. I would urge them to get a grip on the reality around these arguments if they want to make a useful contribution to this House. I commend this bill to the House.