Senate Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, , 4:13:17 to 4:40:12
Examination of the requirement for Clean Energy Regulator approval and ACCU project declarations before releasing grant funding.
Topics: Forestry, Carbon farming, Grants administration
Speakers: Hon Richard Colbeck, Guy Bursle, Senator Glenn Sterle, Unknown Speaker
>> So looking at the uh project proposal it was looking at planting over two seasons from what I can understand and they were hoping to start this year which is why they'd purchased the trees. um risky move without fur approval but anyway that's a commercial decision I suppose but that wasn't possible so they missed the planting season this year um which made it difficult for them to complete the grant within the specified
effectively yes senator it's it the delays in the furb process and also The absence of a clean energy regulator uh approval has delayed the commencement of our element of funding which which is why no funding's been released to the grantee.
>> Do we have a sense from clean energy finance regulator as to when that might process might be finalized?
>> Uh the clean energy regulator I have no knowledge of of that.
>> Okay. >> Okay. Thank you very much. It's now 1:00. >> Brilliant. We shall Thank you. We shall suspend till 200 p.m.