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

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I think the moral superiority the minister is talking about is a figment of his own imagination. Does the minister accept the economic modelling that shows that the introduction of a one per cent energy efficiency target would result in an almost 20 per cent reduction in wholesale electricity costs and that it is the lowest cost-effective greenhouse abatement measure? Why isn’t the government moving towards an immediate introduction of an energy efficient target? Why is the Prime Minister still talking today, as I understand it, about job losses when Stern shows that you can have growth and more jobs and still make major emissions cuts?