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

Yesterday in question time Senator Milne, I believe, asked me a question in relation to Green Loans. I have some additional information which I propose to read. The senator asked me about a cap on the number of Green Loans assessors. This is not correct. I am advised that the government did not set out to limit the number of assessors operating under the Green Loans Program or provide guarantees regarding the number of assessors who would be allowed to operate under the program. From the outset of the program the decision to undertake training and seek accreditation has been a commercial decision made by individual assessors.

The senator also asked me some questions, as I recall, in relation to a company called Fieldforce. I have received advice that indicates as follows: Fieldforce is the single largest operator under the Green Loans Program. To accommodate this—