Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

It also means that the minister, should COAG do something dramatic by proving me completely wrong and becoming incredibly efficient—should it look at these issues and determine that evacuated tubes or the thermal heat technologies existing now, which are not new technologies but which are new to the scheme because they are not currently acknowledged—could immediately deal with it without waiting for the biennial review. That is precisely the issue because, frankly, these technologies have been around for a while. They have been asking the government to look at them. The COAG process is there and, while I have no faith in it, let us assume that it does deliver. This would give you the flexibility to immediately consider inclusion.