Lyn Allison (Victoria, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Deputy President, I ask a supplementary question. I will actually ask the same question again in my supplementary, if I may, since the minister did not answer it. Minister, is it not the case that geothermal, biomass and hydro can and do already provide baseload power? Will the minister admit that MRET, the mandatory renewable energy target, which he says was aimed at two per cent, is in fact less than one per cent and will be by 2010?