❓ Hon Robin Chapple questions the Minister for Environment regarding Western Australia's absence from a climate change meeting hosted by South Australia. The Minister responds that climate change regulation is primarily a federal matter.
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CLIMATE
CHANGE — CHRISTIANA FIGUERES — MEETING
552. Hon ROBIN CHAPPLE to the
minister representing the Minister for Environment:
I refer to a meeting hosted by the South Australian
government on Monday, 4 May 2015 and attended by the executive secretary to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Christiana Figueres, to
discuss a new global agreement on climate change.
(1) Did the Minister for Environment attend the meeting on
behalf of Western Australia?
(2) Did the Minister for Environment send a representative on
his behalf to attend the meeting?
(3) If no to (1) or (2), why not?
(4) Was Western Australia represented in any way, shape or
form at this meeting?
(5) Given that
seven of Australia's nine state and federal governments were in
attendance, how does the Minister for Environment feel this reflects on Western
Australia's attitude towards climate change?
CHANGE — CHRISTIANA FIGUERES — MEETING
552. Hon ROBIN CHAPPLE to the
minister representing the Minister for Environment:
I refer to a meeting hosted by the South Australian
government on Monday, 4 May 2015 and attended by the executive secretary to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Christiana Figueres, to
discuss a new global agreement on climate change.
(1) Did the Minister for Environment attend the meeting on
behalf of Western Australia?
(2) Did the Minister for Environment send a representative on
his behalf to attend the meeting?
(3) If no to (1) or (2), why not?
(4) Was Western Australia represented in any way, shape or
form at this meeting?
(5) Given that
seven of Australia's nine state and federal governments were in
attendance, how does the Minister for Environment feel this reflects on Western
Australia's attitude towards climate change?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice of the question.
(1)–(5)
Western Australia was not represented at a meeting recently hosted by the South
Australian government relating to a global agreement on climate change. The
Western Australian government's view is that decisions on the design,
implementation and timing of the regulation of greenhouse emissions are
primarily matters for the commonwealth government and the federal Parliament so
that measures may be designed in the most economically efficient manner.
The Western Australian government's
climate change strategy, ''Adapting to our Changing Climate'',
released in 2012, establishes a high-level strategic framework to support
agencies developing responses to adapt to the effects of climate change.
(1)–(5)
Western Australia was not represented at a meeting recently hosted by the South
Australian government relating to a global agreement on climate change. The
Western Australian government's view is that decisions on the design,
implementation and timing of the regulation of greenhouse emissions are
primarily matters for the commonwealth government and the federal Parliament so
that measures may be designed in the most economically efficient manner.
The Western Australian government's
climate change strategy, ''Adapting to our Changing Climate'',
released in 2012, establishes a high-level strategic framework to support
agencies developing responses to adapt to the effects of climate change.
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