Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

We all hope on this side of the chamber that one day those on the opposite side of the chamber will join us in the 21st century, when you do not laugh at the mention of teleworking, because teleworking can assist Australia to tackle climate change through decreased fuel consumption, decreased congestion in our cities and infrastructure savings. Access Economics estimates that a 10 per cent increase in Australian employees that telework just 50 per cent of the time would save over 120 million litres of fuels and 320,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions.