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Australia’s ‘Carbon Police’ May Enter Premises
This is from The Australian
THE Australian Federal Police could be required to investigate new climate change offences under Julia Gillard's carbon tax, sparking concerns over the agency's resourcing.
As Julia Gillard today declared her carbon tax would be “shyster” proof, the Australian Federal Police Association warned the policy would have a dramatic impact on the force.
Department of Climate Change advice, obtained by The Australian Online, confirms provisions were made under the dumped carbon pollution reduction scheme to appoint AFP officers as climate inspectors.
Climate Change Minister Greg Combet's office said enforcement arrangements under the proposed carbon tax were yet to be finalised.
But AFPA president Jim Torr said there was little doubt the AFP would be required to play a role in policing the scheme.
“Tax evasion is one of the big things the AFP works on,” he told The Australian Online.
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“There has to be implications for our organisation, even in validating and monitoring.
“This will be another area of responsibility of the AFP.
“The potential for fraud is enormous and the scale of the fraud phenomenal.”
The Australian revealed today that a detailed risk assessment has been ordered of Australian carbon registries following a spate of overseas scams.
The Department of Climate Change said overseas rorts highlight the potential threats to climate change registries in Australia and the need for effective security and anti-fraud measures.
The Prime Minister said Australia would not repeat the mistakes that had exposed European carbon registries to multi-million fraud.
“We'll have our own scheme. And we've learnt the lessons from emissions trading schemes overseas,” Ms Gillard said.
“We won't be importing any of the problems that other emissions trading schemes have had.
“We will design this scheme so that it is not able to be used by shysters to make a dollar.”
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