Senate debates

Thursday, 28 June 2018

Questions without Notice

Energy

2:13 pm

Photo of Mathias CormannMathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

There was a great motion in the Senate yesterday that I think the Senate voted on. What the government made very clear yesterday is that our National Energy Guarantee, which is our policy, will actually facilitate, in a completely technology-neutral way, the necessary energy generation, including coal-fired power generation, into the future. It is expected that, by 2030, 60 per cent of our energy generation will still come from coal under our National Energy Guarantee. We want to get the best deal for Australian families—

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