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

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I thank the minister for her answer and ask her, as I have done on a number of occasions in this place, how will the trajectory be determined? Will it be determined on the question of how much we can afford or are we seriously going to reduce greenhouse emissions with a view to stabilising atmospheric change?

On the subject of energy efficiency, can the minister acknowledge that the National Framework on Energy Efficiency is failing on implementation, enjoys no ministerial support and is hamstrung by disputes and resistance from vested interests and parts of the bureaucracy? What is the minister’s commitment to implementing aggressive end-use energy efficiency actions?