Mark Furner (Queensland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

That is what you read in the media, Mr Temporary Chairman. I do not know whether it is true or not.

The TEMPORARY CHAIRMAN: Order! Please ignore the interjections.

It would be a concern if the program were not sustainable—if it could not plant the required number of trees because it had reduced the minimum wage for those people willing to go out there and plant the trees. They are the sorts of questions that I propose the government respond to to ensure that their Direct Action program is successful.

We only need to consider what happened on our watch with regards to our programs in the particular area of renewable energy targets. Certainly, on Labor's watch, we went from around 7,500 households, for example, with solar PV systems to one million. Our credentials have been clear in respect of our delivery in renewable energy, so I would like that commitment from the government in terms of what they are proposing, to ensure that those renewable energies are sustainable.

It is important that the public know where their tax-funded dollars are spent and how that funding is going to be reached with regards to partnership funding from the local councils and partnership funding from the state governments, given the position of the LNP state government.

Progress reported.