Bill
Liability for Climate Change Damage (Make the Polluters Pay) Bill 2021
lapsed, as at 2021-11-30. (s) BANDT, Adam, MP portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Adam Bandt
- Portfolio
- (s) BANDT, Adam, MP
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2021-05-24
- second reading — 2021-05-24
- other — 2021-11-30
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2021-05-24.
The bill would make fossil fuel companies legally responsible for damage caused by climate change.
Companies that emit over 1 million tonnes of greenhouse gases in any 12-month period starting on or after 1 September 2020 would be liable, and the Federal Court could order them to reduce emissions or pay damages.
A person harmed by climate change, or a state or federal attorney-general, could sue, and the court may assume the emitter's share of damage matches their share of global emissions.
- Fossil fuel companies would be liable for climate change damage.
- Major emitters with emissions over 1 million tonnes in a 12-month period would be liable.
- The Federal Court could grant injunctions to reduce or stop activities causing future climate change damage.
- The court could determine damages and assume the emitter's share of damage equals their share of global emissions.
Fossil fuel companies, major greenhouse gas emitters, bushfire survivors, and people who suffered climate change damage.
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