Senate debates
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
Questions without Notice
Carbon Pricing
2:56 pm
Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source
It is so clear that they want to fight. They are not interested in my response.
Opposition senators interjecting—
I am trying to be helpful today, as I always am, but particularly helpful today—extra helpful. I think the senator is asking me to make an assertion about how the program will be rolled out in practice. My advice is that the program can be used to fund capital to reduce or even eliminate the liability, such as technology to capture and use methane for boilers or as a source of electricity. The government has also provided the Energy Efficiency Information Grants Program to help industry peak bodies such as those in the meat industry. (Time expired)
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