House debates Questions without Notice

Nuclear Energy

Wednesday, 30 May 2007 House of Representatives

Kevin Rudd

Kevin Rudd Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition

2:27 pm

My question is again to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister’s answer to my previous question where he said that the government was disposed to having a taxpayer funded advertising campaign on the nuclear energy option for Australia. Prime Minister, don’t the Australian people have a right to know whether this campaign will be conducted before the next election and how much it will cost?

John Howard

John Howard Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister

My understanding is that rolled into both climate change and energy was the $52 million over five years. That was outlined in the budget papers, so I do not know where the nondisclosure is.