Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

In relation to the specific measures—and I assume that Senator Macdonald got his information from an article in the newspaper; I do not assume it was from any other research—I want to make this point: firstly, in relation to the Asia-Pacific Network for Energy Technology, I want to make it clear that that is in Minister Ferguson’s portfolio. The indication is there that the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism will be funding those measures from its existing budget measures. In other words, DRET will continue to source funds internally to work on the implementation of the Asia-Pacific Network for Energy Technology.

I also refer to the FutureGen Alliance membership, which was another one of the savings measures alluded to by Senator Macdonald in the context of his question. I want to advise Senator Macdonald that the United States—