QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE › Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Amendment (Using New Technologies to Fight Climate Change) Bill 2023
Senator WATERS (Queensland—Leader of the Australian Greens in the Senate) (14:45): Can you confirm that this sea dumping bill is a diplomatic offering to appease Japan and South Korea, following the amendments to the safeguard mechanism secured by the Greens that pushed up the cost of the Barossa project because of its very high carbon emissions, in which project those two governments have a direct financial interest? Honourable senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order across the chamber, particularly on my right!