Ian Macfarlane (Groom, Liberal Party, Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources) Share this | Hansard source

I think all the time, unlike those people, who think that you have to make business decisions quickly. I like to think them through. I will keep going and hope that they hear me. After requesting the detailed submission from the Queensland government owned corporations, the submission has been made by ZeroGen. It is three inches thick. The department received it about a week ago and is currently going through it. On the basis of that, the department will prepare a detailed analysis of that proposal.

I know that those who sit opposite like to make quick decisions and that they do not understand how business works, but without discipline—which you need for effective policy development—Labor use a short cut: they just copy this government’s policies and put them out as their own. Yesterday they announced a carbon copy of our Low Emissions Technology Demonstration Fund.

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