David Leyonhjelm NSW, Liberal Democratic Party
4:10 pm
I move:
That the Senate agrees that—
(a) the renewable energy target should not continue beyond 2023;
(b) no scheme to subsidise renewable energy generation or mandate a particular market share for renewable energy generation should replace it; and
(c) renewable energy projects not already approved by the Clean Energy Regulator be ineligible to receive subsidies via renewable energy certificates.
James McGrath Queensland, Liberal National Party, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister
4:11 pm
I seek leave to make a short statement.
James McGrath Queensland, Liberal National Party, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister
The government supports the Renewable Energy Target. Amendments to the Renewable Energy Target were passed by the parliament in 2015 with bipartisan support, which restored investment certainty to the sector.
Opposition senators interjecting—
Doug Cameron NSW, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Human Services
Could the minister repeat that? I just couldn't hear a thing.
Stephen Parry President
The only reason you wouldn't have heard it, Senator Cameron, was because of your interjections. The question is that the motion moved by Senator Leyonhjelm be agreed to.