Colin Boyce (Flynn, Liberal National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Mr Speaker, my question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. The minister stated in a speech on 24 September 2022 that Australia will need to install 22,000 solar panels every day and 40 wind turbines every month by 2030 to reach the government's 82 per cent renewable energy target. It has been over 240 days since this speech. Can the minister provide an update on how many solar panels and wind turbines have been installed in this time frame?

Chris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Energy) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I'm very happy to. Investment in large-scale renewables is at 55 per cent under this government. We've had 7.1 gigawatts committed of investment in renewable energy since this government was elected. That's the update for the honourable member.

We on this side are very proud of renewable energy. They pretend—some of them pretend to support renewable energy; some of them, like the member Flynn, to his credit, don't bother to pretend.