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

It has been acknowledged several times during the debate that the government has not set a target. The government has been criticised by the Greens and, I think, the Democrats for not having set a target. Its objective is to maximise the efficiencies, and that is the whole point of this legislation—which is what I have said a couple of times. The government sees the benefits of this legislation in working cooperatively and effectively with industry to maximise the energy efficiencies, and in that context—which has been indicated and acknowledged during the debate—it has not set targets.