Climate Change Act Amendment Consultation (closed)
The Climate Change (State Action) Amendment Bill 2021 (the Bill) was prepared to amend the Climate Change (State Action) Act 2008 (the Act). The Bill was tabled in Parliament on 24 November 2021 and can be viewed on the Parliament Tasmania website.
The Bill was developed in response to the findings of the most recent independent review of the Act; the Tasmanian Emissions Pathway Review; the Economic Impact Analysis project; and extensive consultation with business, industry and the community.
Consultation on the Draft Bill: What we heard
A draft Bill was released for consultation from 13 October 2021 to 14 November 2021. Sixty-four submissions on the draft Bill were received; 39 from individuals and 25 from organisations. The submissions are published below.
The recommendations in the submissions varied from minor administrative issues with the draft Bill, to more significant policy issues, such as legislating sectoral targets; legislating exclusion of sectoral targets; establishing an independent advisory council; and legislating consideration of climate change in government decision making.
Submissions were generally supportive of the proposed new emissions reduction target. Some submissions recommended the Government set a more ambitious target.
Supporting information
We received 64 written submissions to the Draft Bill to amend the Climate Change (State Action) Act 2008. Six submissions were submitted confidentially and will not be published. You can read the public submissions below.
While we make every effort to publish items in an accessible format, this is not always possible for documents prepared by others. Some of these submissions may not meet accessibility guidelines.
Organisations
- AMA Tasmania (PDF 262.8 KB)
- Cement Australia (PDF 243.0 KB)
- Cement Concrete and Aggregates Australia (PDF 782.9 KB)
- Cement Industry Federation (PDF 266.1 KB)
- Circular Economy Huon (PDF 156.9 KB)
- City of Hobart (PDF 152.7 KB)
- Climate Tasmania and the Tasmanian Independent Science Council (PDF 1.5 MB)
- ClimateWorks (PDF 430.8 KB)
- Commissioner for Children and Young People (Tas) (PDF 180.2 KB)
- Environmental Defenders Office (PDF 318.8 KB)
- Farmers for Climate Action (PDF 210.8 KB)
- Hydro Tasmania (PDF 493.2 KB)
- Private Forests Tasmania (PDF 263.1 KB)
- South Hobart Sustainable Community (PDF 134.1 KB)
- Southern Tasmanian Councils Authority (PDF 167.4 KB)
- Student Environment and Animal Law Society (SEALS) UTAS (PDF 80.5 KB)
- Tasmanian Forest Products Association (PDF 208.1 KB)
- Tasmanian Minerals, Manufacturing and Energy Council (PDF 344.1 KB)
- The Australia Institute Tasmania (PDF 448.0 KB)
- The Environment Association (PDF 471.3 KB)
- The Tasmanian Way (PDF 164.6 KB)
- Uniting Church (PDF 591.9 KB)
- University of Tasmania - Tasmanian Policy Exchange (PDF 651.2 KB)
- WWF-Australia (PDF 134.9 KB)
Individuals
- Dr Katherine Bendall (PDF 54.0 KB)
- Pamille Berg AO (PDF 184.9 KB)
- Dr Darren Briggs (PDF 75.7 KB)
- Dr Craig Brown (PDF 174.0 KB)
- Professor Colin Butler (PDF 139.9 KB)
- Ben and Pen Clark (PDF 112.8 KB)
- Tom Clemens (PDF 78.2 KB)
- Dr Nicholas Cummings (PDF 60.0 KB)
- Rosemary Farrell (PDF 904.0 KB)
- Lucy Frost (PDF 71.3 KB)
- Jonah Gouldthorpe (PDF 78.0 KB)
- Ann Hamilton (PDF 80.5 KB)
- Chris Harries (PDF 75.2 KB)
- John Hawkins (PDF 78.3 KB)
- Elizabeth Haworth (PDF 78.1 KB)
- Tony Heald (PDF 49.1 KB)
- Dr Helen Hutchinson (PDF 112.2 KB)
- Margrit Korosi (PDF 73.1 KB)
- Micah Landon-Lane (PDF 76.8 KB)
- Sharee McCammon (PDF 74.5 KB)
- Graeme McCormack (PDF 80.1 KB)
- Lawrence Narraway (PDF 79.8 KB)
- Sheryl Neasey (PDF 40.1 KB)
- Julie Payne (PDF 73.1 KB)
- Jill Pierce (PDF 106.3 KB)
- Roger Proctor (PDF 26.8 KB)
- Michael Roberts (PDF 72.9 KB)
- Adrian Sharkey (PDF 77.9 KB)
- Dr Clare Smith (PDF 115.5 KB)
- Dr Liz Smith (PDF 179.5 KB)
- Dr Neil Smith (PDF 158.5 KB)
- Margaret Taylor (PDF 77.8 KB)
- Freya van de Vusse (PDF 26.8 KB)
- Gary Whisson (PDF 173.3 KB)