Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

In question time today Senator Canavan answered a question and stated, in response to Senator McLucas, 'I have never suggested that the renewable energy target should be scrapped, as you suggest in that question.' In an Australian opinion piece of 19 August 2014, Senator Canavan wrote:

As an economically damaging protectionist policy, the RET should be removed.

I would ask the minister to correct the record.