The head of the Federal Government's Climate Change Department has defended the planned emissions trading scheme against claims it will lead to massive jobs cuts.
Opposition's emissions trading spokesman, Andrew Robb, says the Government's plan will hurt the economy, saying it will "cost jobs and kill investment."
But Dr Martin Parkinson from the Department of Climate Change has told a Senate estimates hearing that because some businesses will be given compensation, the prospect of job losses is small.
"At the margin, there may well be," he said.
Greens Leader Bob Brown has told Lateline his party is still negotiating with the Coalition about the terms of reference for a full Senate inquiry into the emissions trading scheme, which the Government wants up and running by next year.
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