The $41 million announced by the Rudd government to help insulation installation workers keep their jobs or potentially find new ones and be kept on in the workplace ignores a very simple fact: unviable employers cannot engage employees. In the Rudd government’s announcement, there is nothing about support for the small businesses and the costs and expenses they incurred. And we have yet to hear one word about the economic and financial harm caused by the mishandling of the Green Loans Program. Action is desperately required.

Order! It being 5.00 pm, the debate is interrupted.