Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

As I said, the relief or the assistance the government is providing includes the $200 million Clean Technology, Food and Foundries Investment program to provide meat processors with grants to help with the cost of installing new equipment and technology to reduce emissions. I have also referenced the potential for capture of methane from sedimentation ponds and utilising that to generate electricity, which, of course, would itself generate a Renewable Energy Certificate—that is, another income stream. So there is a range of mechanisms, Senator, which are available and, as I understand, the department has been engaging with the sector on these issues.