Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance and Administration) Share this | Hansard source

The government does not support the two amendments. The scheme has been carefully targeted at the 250 biggest energy users, which comprise 60 per cent of business energy use—a fairly large proportion of energy use—and provides what the government sees as a sensible regulatory balance. What is being proposed would potentially increase the regulatory burden on industry by some 20 times but for much less gain in respect of energy efficiency. There is real capacity for lessons learnt by the 250 major energy users to be passed on by the public reporting process to other industries.