Greg Combet (Charlton, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the shadow minister for his question. What a load of misrepresentative garbage, as usual, from the coalition! What absolute rubbish! The AJ Bush & Sons facility is a liable entity under the carbon price. Out of the carbon price revenue, the government established a number of programs, one of which is the Clean Technology Investment Program. There are particular funds for the food processing sector. What a difference it is making to facilities in the meat industry in particular! We have spent a lot of time discussing the meat processing sector with players in the industry, working with them on the issues. With the application of simple technologies, which I have outlined on a number of occasions in question time—including the covering of settlement ponds to capture methane gas and the installation of remote-site electricity generation capacity—they are not only able to reduce—

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