MAKING SUBMISSIONS TO THE CPRS AND THE SENATE INQUIRY
After meeting with our federal MP’s on Friday 27th of March it became very apparant that the federal government WANTS us and NEEDS us to make lots of submissions to their proposed legislation and the Senate inquiry if they are to have the courage to take real action.

If there are enough submissions, and we need thousands, it will be clear that people want serious action and they want serious legislation that enables that, and the Government will have justification for altering the legislation in the face of opposition from vested interests.

So there are two processes going on for this currently crummy policy position, a submission to the actual CPRS legislation, and a broader submission to the Senate Inquiry into climate change policies.
The timelines for both are very short.
Senate inquiry is April 8th
Legislation feedback is April 14th.

Options for submissions
1. Use a generic website to do a submission quickly electronically online. There are two:
A-Christine Milne, the Greens Senators site, for the Senate inquiry only. See here
B-The site sponsored by Rising Tide from Newcastle which lets you do both Senate and Legislation. See here

2. Do you own submission. Even a short one, via the websites
-For the Senate Inquiry see the Senate site which gives you tips on making submissions. See here
Also see the link for the terms of reference below to see what you should talk about.

-For the CPRS legislation you can go to the consultation page for the legislation, where you will get a proforma to fill in. See here HOWEVER don’t feel like you need to use this format, you can send your submission in your own format.

TOOLS and INFORMATION to help with submissions
Please feel free to use these references and others for your submission. Remember you don’t have to answer all the questions/terms, you don’t need to be a constitutional lawyer in your language, and use your own words to ensure they are all valid, different submissions.
Senate terms of reference - So that you can make a submission to one or all of the points under investigation. Click here for the terms of reference.

CPRS legislation
Some background documents to help you wih your submission can be downloaded and plagerised….
Environment Victoria’s “Fundamental Flaws in the CPRS” (42kb)
National Climate Action Group’s large joint submission to the CPRS (170kb)
Rising Tide’s flyer on the CPRS (104kb)
MASG and BSG letter to the Honorable Steve Gibbons (34 kb)
The CPRS and its many Elephants by Nick Lanyon (522 kb)

NOW go forth and submitterise……..and finally…..let us know if you did a submission, email dean@rvcas.org.au