Chris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Energy) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for her question, and I say to the honourable member, as I'd say to the Climate Council, the way to reduce fossil fuel use is to build renewable energy. You can't wish away fossil fuels. You can't have a plan to reduce fossil fuel use in Australia or overseas unless you have a plan to build renewable energy. That's what we're doing at home and that's what we're doing abroad. Just yesterday, I announced the expansion of the Capacity Investment Scheme of 8 gigawatts. This is no small thing. Those opposite—

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