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

It must be because Senator Birmingham is not in the chamber. I am asked about the renewable energy scheme. By way of background, and I assume the senator is aware of this, the government did introduce a significant increase in the renewable energy target which was passed by the parliament last year. This stands in stark contrast to the record of the opposition when in government where, not only did they preside over a reduction in renewable energy over the period that they were in government—