Richard Dowling (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I note this is not my first speech. My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water, Senator Watt. At the last election, the Albanese Labor government renewed its commitment to deliver more cheap, clean and reliable energy to get our grid to 82 per cent renewable energy by 2030. The government also committed to unlock $8 billion of additional investment in renewable energy through a $2 billion expansion of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation. Recently, in my home state of Tasmania, the government announced the approval of a solar farm in the Midlands, another step on the path to meet our renewable energy target. Can the minister outline the government's record on approving renewable projects? Are there more approvals in the pipeline?