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

As I was outlining, that policy certainty and that ambition is important. It means development of electricity projects to modernise our electricity system and renewables backed by gas and backed by storage, including in Western Australia. That is vital for new industry. It is vital for blue-collar jobs, including in Western Australia, where there's shared ambition of the Albanese government and the Cook government to make sure that we're driving production in iron production onshore and in critical minerals production onshore. It means that people should, when they're opposing the wind projects, count the cost of getting in the way of these projects in blue-collar jobs, because that's what they are doing.

Now, this funding you've alluded to is, as I understand it—and I'll check the details—allocated and worked through by the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, and they will be evaluating projects and delivering them consistent with their mandate. (Time expired)