Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

The Productivity Commission report on that is one thing; the world’s best practice by countries comparable to us is another. They are way ahead of the Productivity Commission, this government and this opposition in setting targets. The minister earlier said that energy efficiency could produce 10 to 30 per cent savings of the current use of energy by Australia’s largely coal-burning power stations, which are creating an enormous pollution hazard for the future of this country with massive costs involved. I ask the parliamentary secretary: is it true that, if we were to achieve a 30 per cent target, we would have no need to look at the nuclear option at all?