Climate Change

In reply to Mr PEDERICK (Hammond) (1 August 2016). (Estimates Committee B)

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change): The Minister for Climate Change has received the following advice:

A report on the operation of the act must be prepared every two years. Under section 7(5) of the act, every alternate report requires an assessment by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) on the extent to which the targets under the act are being achieved.

The last CSIRO report was received in 2013. For the 2015 section 7 report, the CSIRO report was not required.