Lyn Allison (Victoria, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

I ask a supplementary question, Mr President. I thank the minister for his answer. I am not sure that I would agree that compressed natural gas is not suitable for passenger vehicles, because I had one for a time that used it. Does the minister acknowledge that the availability of compressed natural gas refuelling is one of the biggest barriers to take-up? What is the plan to have compressors of natural gas at petrol and diesel service stations? What happened to the fund that was established to set them up? Just what is the plan for natural gas in long-term transport options in this country? Isn’t it the case that natural gas infrastructure will be necessary in any transition to hydrogen fuel, or has the government given up on that as well?