Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable senator for the supplementary question and the opportunity to remind the Senate of the range of other policies the government is implementing and will deliver in order to tackle climate change. We took to the election a number of important commitments to address climate change—commitments which are being delivered on. These include: the renewable energy target expansion so that, by 2020, 20 per cent of Australia’s energy comes from renewable sources; a $500 million National Clean Coal Fund to support the accelerated deployment of clean coal technologies; a $500 million Renewable Energy Fund to support research, development and commercial demonstration of new and emerging technologies; low-interest green loans for household energy and water efficiency improvements along with customised home audits; rebates to install energy efficient insulation in rental properties to address the split incentive between tenants and landlords; the expansion of the Solar Cities program—(Time expired)