Kate Lundy (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting for Industry and Innovation) Share this | Hansard source

Once again, as I have indicated in both of my previous responses, we would be in violation of our international trade obligations to insert minimum Australian industry content rules into the guidelines for the Clean Technology Investment Program. What I would also like to say is that we have absolute confidence in the skill, competitiveness and talents of our clean technology sector to be able to compete not only in Australia but in the global market. We believe firmly that with the supplier advocate and with the other programs and support that I outlined they will have ample opportunities to do so.

The $200 million Clean Technology Inno­vation Program aims to increase research and development, proof of concept and early-stage commercialisation activities in the areas of clean energies. This is open for applications in mid-2012. It will be a competitive, merits based grant program, again underlining the fact that this is an area of growth for Australian business. (Time expired)