Judith Troeth (Victoria, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Wong, the Minister representing the Minister for the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. I refer the minister to the Green Loans scheme and to Minister Garrett’s admission that he has slashed the program from 200,000 eligible homes to 75,000. I also refer the minister to the fact that, as at 18 August this year, no green loans had been approved. Can the minister now confirm that there will be no training of home sustainability assessors after Christmas this year and that, secondly, no further registrations for home sustainability assessors will be accepted beyond 21 January 2010? Can the minister tell the Senate how slashing this scheme helps Australia reduce its carbon emissions?