Senate debates

Tuesday, 29 July 2025

Questions without Notice

Energy

3:02 pm

Photo of Tim AyresTim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Industry and Innovation) Share this | Hansard source

Let me come to coal. What it demonstrates is that, today, firmed renewables are competitive with black coal. In the future—let me explain these concepts to you. It's a pity you don't get a whiteboard in Senate question time! If we did, we might be able to take Senator Canavan through these concepts of comparative advantage, technological efficiency, how markets are set, policy certainty and how that delivers investment— (time expired)

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