Zoe McKenzie (Flinders, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I rise to give a shout-out to the member for Fairfax, who came and spent an excellent day in Flinders with me last week, starting at SPX, formerly known as Sealite, a brilliant Australian company which makes 70 per cent of the world's maritime and aviation navigation equipment, kitting out the world's defence forces with airfield-in-a-box innovation, among other things—all run from a few huge garages in Somerville. Their giant marine buoys and aviation markers are moulded at high temperatures, powered by gas—gas the state Labor government wants to cut.

Then we visited the magnificent Red Gum BBQ. Our only B Corp certified restaurant wants to put solar panels on the roof, but its landlord, United Energy, won't let it, requiring it to have diesel generators on site for when the power stops.

Diesel generators then became the theme of the day, as we visited a number of sites from which 11 diesel generators power the Mornington Peninsula over the summer months—including one hosted by the beautiful Gazzola family, who are in the gallery today. And, when we finally got to Searoad Ferries, to hear about their plans to electrify the nation's busiest ferry fleet, the power was out. So we pushed on, getting briefed in the dim light of the early evening. It would have been quite hilarious, if it wasn't so indicative of this government's hypocrisy when it comes to energy and climate change. Despite their policies the peninsula is powering on, but without any help from them.