Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Submission 45, Department of Climate Change, pp 2-3.

[2]        Tax Laws Amendment (2008 Measures No. 2) Bill 2008, Revised Explanatory Memorandum, pp 51-52.

[3]        Revised Explanatory Memorandum, pp 52-55.

[4]        Submission 45, Department of Climate Change, p. 4.

[5]        Revised Explanatory Memorandum, pp 55-62.

[6]        Minister for Climate Change and Water, Environmental and Natural Resource Management Guidelines in relation to the establishment of trees for the purposes of carbon sequestration, 2 July 2008.

 

Chapter 2 - Major issues raised during the inquiry

[1]        Submission 51, p. 2. See also Submission 23, p.1; Submission 39, p.1; Submission 24, p. 1; Submission 49, p. 2.

[2]        Submission 45, pp 6 - 8.

[3]        ABARE, Estimated Threshold Carbon Prices for Investment in Carbon Sink Forests, August 2008, pp 1-9.

[4]        DCC, Additional Information, dated 5 September 2008.  See also Committee Hansard, Mr Ken Matthews, National Water Commission, 11 September 2008, p. 41; Committee Hansard, Mr Paul Ryan, DCC, p. 56.

[5]        Submission 50, pp 1-2.

[6]        Committee Hansard, 24 July 2008, p. 2.

[7]        Committee Hansard, 24 July 2008, p. 90.

[8]        Submission 39, p.2; Submission 59, p.5; Submission 52, p. 2; Submission 33, p. 4.

[9]        Submission 56, p. 10.

[10]      Submission 46, p. 3. See also Submission 44, pp 6-7.

[11]      Submission 10, p. 4; Submission 36, p.1.

[12]      Submission 50, p. 4. See also Committee Hansard, 24 July 2008, pp 2-3.

[13]      Committee Hansard, 18 August 2008, p. 28.

[14]      Committee Hansard, 24 July 2008, p. 106. See also Mr Gilbert, NAFI, Committee Hansard, 24 July 2008, p. 12;  Mr Cosier, Director, Wentworth Group, Committee Hansard, 18 August 2008, p. 33.

[15]      Committee Hansard, 24 July 2008, p. 107.

[16]      Submission 45, p. 5. See also DCC, Additional Information, dated 5 September 2008; DCC, Committee Hansard, 11 September 2008, p. xx [6.17 pm].

[17]      DCC, Additional Information, dated 5 September 2008.

[18]      Committee Hansard, 24 July 2008, p. 96.

[19]      Committee Hansard, 24 July 2008, p. 96.

[20]      Submission 48, pp 4-5. See also Submission 32, p. 2; Submission 35, p. 3; Mr Williams, Greening Australia, Committee Hansard, 24 July 2008, p. 40.

[21]      Committee Hansard, 24 July 2008, p. 15.

[22]      Submission 9, p. 2.

[23]      Submission 9, p. 3.

[24]      Committee Hansard, 24 July 2008, p.68.

[25]      Submission 10, p. 1.

[26]      Submission 20, p. 4.

[27]      Committee Hansard, 24 July 2008, p. 74.

[28]      Submission 44, p. 4.

[29]      Submission 44, pp 4-5. See also Submission 46, p. 2; Submission 52, p. 1.

[30]      Committee Hansard, 24 July 2008, p. 34.

[31]      Committee Hansard, 24 July 2008, p. 34.

[32]      Committee Hansard, 11 September 2008, p. 58. See also, Dr Charlie Zammit, DEWHA, Committee Hansard, 11 September 2008, p. 37.

[33]      Committee Hansard, 24 July 2008, pp 84-85.

[34]      Committee Hansard, 24 July 2008, p. 90.

[35]      Committee Hansard, 18 August 2008, pp 29-30.

[36]      Submission 38, p.1. See also Submission 31, p. 2; Submission 27, p. 2.

[37]      Committee Hansard, 24 July 2008, p. 81.

[38]      Submission 35, p. 1-2; Submission 60, pp 1-3.

[39]      Submission 9, p. 1.

[40]      Submission 9, p. 1.

[41]      Submission 52, p. 2. See also Mr Bernard Milford, Canegrowers Australia, Committee Hansard, 18 August 208, pp 1-2.

[42]      Submission 62, p. 1.

[43]      Submission 50, p. 2. See also Submission 9, p. 1.

[44]      Department of Climate Change, answer to question on notice, 11 September 2008, (received 19 September 2008).

[45]      Committee Hansard, 24 July 2008, p. 47.

[46]      Department of Climate Change, answer to question on notice, 11 September 2008, (received 19 September 2008).

[47]      Submission 44, p. 7.

[48]      Committee Hansard, 24 July 2008, pp 110-11.

[49]      See for example Submissions 22, 29 and 48.

[50]      See Submissions 23 and 27.

[51]      See Submissions 32 and 47.

[52]      See Submissions 24 and 58.

[53]      Committee Hansard, 11 September 2008, p. 4.

[54]      Submission 42 to RRAT Inquiry into Climate Change in the Australian Agricultural Sector.

[55]      Submission 58, p. 9.

[56]      Committee Hansard, 11 September 2008, p.6

[57]      Submission 41, Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Committee Inquiry into Climate Change in the Australian Agricultural Sector, p. 14

[58]      Submission 58, p. 2.

[59]      Committee Hansard, 11 September 2008, pp. 17 – 18.

[60]      Committee Hansard, 11 September 2008, p. 54

[61]      Committee Hansard, 11 September 2008, p. 53.

[62]      Committee Hansard, 11 September 2008, p. 53.

[63]      Dr Christine Jones, Answer to Question on Notice

[64]      CSIRO Plant Industry Newsletter, Issue 23, Spring 2008, http://www.pi.csiro.au/enewsletter/previousEditions/023story4.htm , accessed 16 September 2008.

[65]      CSIRO Plant Industry, Farming: roots and soil, CSIRO website, http://www.csiro.au/science/RootSoil.html accessed 16 September 2008

 

Chapter 3 - Environmental and Natural Resource Management Guidelines

[1]        Submission 45, pp. 9 – 10.

[2]        Department of Climate Change website, http://www.climatechange.gov.au/land/tax-deduction.html, accessed on 28 August 2008.

[3]        Department of Climate Change website, http://www.climatechange.gov.au/land/tax-deduction.html, accessed on 28 August 2008.

[4]        Submission 56, p. 7.

[5]        See for example Submission 41 and 56

[6]        Submission 35, p. 3.

[7]        Submission 41, p. 3.

[8]        Committee Transcript, 24 July 2008, p. 57.

[9]        Committee Transcript, 24 July 2008, p. 53.

[10]      Submission 48, p. 6.

[11]      Committee Transcript, 24 July 2008, p. 70.

[12]      Mr Andrew Grant, Committee Transcript, 24 July 2008, p. 70.

[13]      Mr Andrew Grant, Committee Transcript, 24 July 2008, p. 70.

[14]      See Submission 11, Submission 30 and Submission 50.

[15]      Submission 53 and Submission 54.

[16]      National Water Commission website, http://www.nwc.gov.au/www/html/117-national-water-initiative.asp?intSiteID=1 , accessed on 28 August 2008.

[17]      Mr Russell James, Assistant Secretary, Water Policy Branch, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Committee Transcript, 24 July 2008 p. 101.

[18]      Mr Russell James, Assistant Secretary, Water Policy Branch, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Committee Transcript, 24 July 2008, p.

[19]      Mr Russell James, Assistant Secretary, Water Policy Branch, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Committee Transcript, 24 July 2008, p. 98.

[20]      Mr Russell James, Assistant Secretary, Water Policy Branch, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Committee Transcript, 24 July 2008, p. 99.

[21]      Mr Russell James, Assistant Secretary, Water Policy Branch, Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Committee Transcript, 24 July 2008, p. 99.

[22]      National Water Commission, Update of progress in water reform: input into the water sub group (WSG) stocktake report, 15 February 2008, pp. 3-4

[23]      National Water Commission, answer to question on notice, 11 September 2008, (received 22 September 2008).

[24]      Committee Transcript, 11 September 2008, p. 40

[25]      Committee Transcript, 11 September 2008, p. 43.

[26]      Submission 54, p. 1.

[27]      Submission 54, p. 2.

[28]      Submission 54, p. 2.

[29]      National Water Commission, answer to question on notice, 11 September 2008, (received 22 September 2008).

[30]      Mr Ken Matthews, CEO, National Water Commission, Committee Transcript, p. 44.

[31]      Mr Peter Cosier, Wentworth Group, Committee Transcript, 18 August 2008, p. 29.

[32]      Mr Paul Ryan, Committee Transcript, 11 September 2008, p. 59.

[33]      Committee Transcript, 24 July 2008, p. 54.

[34]      Submission 45, p. 11.

[35]      Committee Transcript, 24 July 2008, p. 57.

[36]      Committee Transcript, 24 July 2008, p. 57

[37]      Committee Transcript, 24 July 2008, p. 54.

[38]      Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee, Water policy initiatives, Final Report, December 2006.

 

Dissenting Report - Senator McGauran, Liberal Party of Australia

[1]        Submission  51, p.2 sell also Submission 23, p.1, Submission  39, p.1, Submission 24, p.1, Submission 49, p.2

[2]        Submission 56, p.10.

[3]       Submission 46, p.3. See also Submission 44, pp 6-7

[4]       Submission 48, pp 4-5. See also Submission 32, p.2; Submission 35, p.3; Mr Williams, Greening Australia, Committee Hansard, 24 July 2008, p.40.

[5]        Submission 35, p.3

[6]       Nielson, Leslie, Parliamentary Library, Background Note, Draft, Tax deductions for Carbon Sink   Forests p.12.