The Greens’ Shane Rattenbury is hauling Climate Minister Simon Corbell over the coals for not actually doing much to achieve the ACT’s lofty carbon emission goals:
Minister Corbell has today tabled the Government’s timeline for delivering Energy, Climate Change, Waste and Transport strategies. It reveals significant delays in delivering the strategies, most of them deferred until the fourth quarter of 2011.
“Whilst the timelines seems laughable, there is a serious side to this. These reports and strategies are vital if the ACT Government is serious about reaching the 40% by 2020 climate target,” Mr Rattenbury said.
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Policy/Plan |
Original Timetable |
New Timetable |
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Sustainable Energy Policy |
Initial consultation in 2006 |
Now due fourth quarter of 2011 |
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Weathering the Change (Action Plan 2) |
Public consultation was due in the first quarter of 2011 |
Consultation now set down for 3rd quarter of 2011, seems unlikely the strategy will then be delivered in the fourth quarter |
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Sustainable Waste Strategy |
No Waste strategy reviewed in 2008, No Waste by 2010 strategy now expired |
New Waste Strategy now due in fourth quarter 2011, nearly two years after previous one expired |
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Sustainable Transport Action Plan |
Was due May 2010 |
Now due fourth quarter of 2011 |
All very droll, but then comes the real insults:
“The ACT Government is playing like Collingwood, leaving everything til the fourth quarter.
“To make matters worse, the Government has included a list of caveats to the indicated delivery dates that would make Sir Humphrey proud. The Minister risks becoming known as Captain Caveat if he operates like this. (The list of caveats is pasted below.)
“This list of caveats is simply a long way of saying that ‘we are not planning on sticking to these timelines anyway’.
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