Senate debates

Thursday, 25 July 2019

Questions without Notice: Additional Answers

Energy

3:04 pm

Photo of Matthew CanavanMatthew Canavan (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Minister for Resources and Northern Australia) Share this | | Hansard source

I rise to make a correction to an answer I gave to a question from Senator Paterson yesterday.

After reviewing the Hansard from question time yesterday, I believe that perhaps an incorrect impression may be given from what was written there. I want to clarify that the federal government is investing $50 million in hydrogen research across both the ARENA programs I referred to and the Future Fuels CRC. I thought, after reviewing the Hansard, that it might have left an impression that over $70 million had been provided. So I'm just correcting that.

Photo of Penny WongPenny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | | Hansard source

by leave—I appreciate the minister coming in and correcting the record. It is a standard that should be adhered to, and one that I think some ministers on the other side, and particularly in the other place, should adhere to more regularly.