Ian Campbell (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for the Environment and Heritage) Share this | Hansard source

I would be very happy to, but, if you ask a question about energy efficiency, you deserve at least some answer. We have brought in minimum appliance standards for the household sector. Once again, that is a policy initiative of this government that has been put in place with the cooperation of the states and the electrical appliance industry in Australia. I suspect that Senator Milne and Senator Brown might find that this is one initiative we have taken that can be applauded. It is also an initiative that has been replicated around the world. We have worked with international associations for the use of the standards that apply in Australia’s minimum appliance standards. Our energy appliance labelling regime is also being replicated right around the world.

There are a range of energy efficiency measures being incorporated in the Solar Cities program, and we have announced the rollout of the first three at this stage—one in New South Wales, one in Queensland and one in South Australia.