Govt not allowing enough time for carbon scrutiny: oppn

28/05/2012 - The federal opposition says the government is not allowing enough scrutiny of its carbon tax laws.

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The House of Representatives economics committee has scheduled a two-hour public hearing on Monday to look at four bills dealing with carbon pricing and the $10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation.

The committee will then report back to parliament on Wednesday.

Committee deputy chairman and Liberal MP Steve Ciobo told reporters he had sought a broader inquiry but Labor had used its numbers to allow only two hours of evidence from treasury and the climate change department.

"This is a new, abysmal record for this government - $10 billion of spending being allocated only two hours. That's $5 billion an hour," he said.

"It completely erodes the ability of the parliament to properly scrutinise taxpayers' money being spent."

Source: AAP

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