Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I have one other vitally important question to put to the parliamentary secretary. He mentioned that on current projections Australia’s energy consumption—largely through burning coal, or maybe, if it was rushed by the Prime Minister, we could have a nuclear power station or two online by 2030—will double by 2030. Has the government considered demand management for the sake of the future of the planet and the people who will be on this planet in the future? What is the government’s attitude to demand management? If it does consider that sensible option, how is it going to undertake it?