Question Without Notice No. 212 asked in the Legislative Council on 19 March 2019 by Hon Peter Collier
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AUTHORITY — GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS — COMMUNICATION
212. Hon PETER COLLIER to the Minister for Environment:
I refer to the minister’s response to a motion moved in the Council on 14 March about the Environmental Protection Authority’s decision on the greenhouse gas guidelines, in which he states, in part —
… on 21 February, the EPA chairperson briefed … the Premier and me about the EPA’s decision on the greenhouse gas emissions guideline.
Can the minister confirm that at that meeting the EPA chair explained the EPA’s intention to recommend offsets for proposals with direct emissions above 100 000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per annum?
Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question.
I would have to go back and check my notes in relation to the meeting, but certainly we did get a high-level briefing on 21 February in terms of the detail; I will check my notes.