Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Colbeck for his contribution, and I ask him if he would table the analysis that has been done in regard to the increased regulatory load on those companies and also the assessment of the energy efficiency gains if this were to be implemented. The inference of what he is saying is that the energy efficiency gains would not be worth the regulatory effort, so I would like to see the analysis that the government has done that supports Senator Colbeck’s contention. I would ask Senator Colbeck to also tell me why the government opposes a national energy efficiency target.