House of Assembly - Fifty-First Parliament, Second Session (51-2)
2008-02-14 Daily Xml

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ELECTRICITY (FEED-IN SCHEME—RESIDENTIAL SOLAR SYSTEMS) AMENDMENT BILL

Final Stages

The Legislative Council agreed to the amendment and consequential amendment made by the House of Assembly to amendment No. 2 without any amendment and agreed not to insist on its amendment No. 4 to which the House of Assembly had disagreed. The Legislative Council insisted on its amendment No. 16.

Consideration in committee.

The Hon. M.J. ATKINSON: As to amendment No. 16 proposed by the other place, I move:

That the House of Assembly no longer insist on its disagreement to the amendment.

Mr WILLIAMS: The one disappointment I have tonight is that the minister responsible for holding us back to this late hour because of his intransigence over this matter over many weeks is not here. I am disappointed that the minister is too embarrassed to show his face after the backflip that has been forced upon him to turn this into a piece of real legislation with real teeth to provide real benefits to the renewable energy sector. The opposition has been very pleased to support the amendments of the Greens in the other place to make this a piece of legislation with some real teeth. The opposition is delighted that the government finally saw the error of its ways and has acceded to the amendments moved in the other place. The opposition is delighted that the government is now supporting the amendment.

Mr HANNA: In the past six years, I do not think I have ever had such a profound feeling of recognition of the goodness and wisdom of this Labor government as I experience now after it has supported the two amendments I moved in the House of Assembly in relation to the electricity feed-in laws.

Motion carried.


At 17:34 the house adjourned until Tuesday 26 February 2008 at 11:00.