George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

The government regards the Finkel report as an important contribution to the discussion. We are one of the governments, along with all of the other members of the Council of Australian Governments, that initiated the Finkel report. So we have received the Finkel report, and now we are discussing it. We have not made any final decisions yet. But we are better informed in making those decisions, as, by the way, should every state and territory government be, by the fact that Dr Finkel, an eminent Australian scientist, has done this body of work.

But, as I have told your acting leader and your colleague Senator Gallagher over there already, when the government makes its policy choices, informed by the Finkel report, those choices will be guided by three principles: affordability; security of supply; and fidelity to our international commitments on lower emissions. We will be guided by the Finkel report, but those will be our outcomes. (Time expired)