Ian Campbell (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for the Environment and Heritage) Share this | Hansard source

I was talking about the fact that Christian Zahra had reminded his constituents that there were very big subsidies paid by the federal government—and I am quoting from his brochure—to wind power generators and his bill would ensure that those subsidies would only go to those wind developments built in areas where the local community supports them. Without the federal government subsidies, these developments would not be economically viable. Christian Zahra was quite right on that.