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

The government is not supporting this amendment. I make the point that this is potentially highly prescriptive. In our view, the MDBA should be left to set these targets as appropriate rather than mandating quite in the manner that is proposed in this amendment. We are also concerned about how this may interact with other sections of the bill and act. The government is not minded to support this amendment.