Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

I should also add in relation to the Brisbane City Council that they actually received $5 million from this government as part of the Community Energy Efficiency Program—$5 million was granted by this government to the Brisbane City Council. In the face of a suggestion that we are not supporting local government, I remind the Senate that the council in question has been the recipient of a significant grant from the government. I say again to the opposition that Treasury has found very clearly that your policy will cost Australians more. I know you do not want to believe what experts tell you—you do not like what experts tell you because you do not want the truth in this debate—but your policy, to achieve the same outcome, will cost Australians more. (Time expired)