Second Reading Speeches

Clean Energy (Customs Tariff Amendment) Bill 2011

Type
Government
Portfolio
Home Affairs
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Part of a package of 18 bills to implement a carbon pricing mechanism, the bill amends the

Customs Tariff Act 1995
to increase the customs duty rate applying to aviation and non-transport gaseous fuels by an amount equivalent to the carbon emission price of the fuel, had the gaseous fuels been subject to carbon pricing.

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