Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I think the senator is right to point to the need to target energy savings approaches as part of dealing with these issues. It is part of why we have implemented a carbon price as part of our encouragement of alternative energy sources. I think people accept that household usage, patterns of usage and behaviour are an important part of energy saving. My own partner is training us all to turn off the power source—something I am not very good at yet, but it is part of that practical response to the problem.

In terms of the specifics of the national energy savings initiative, I do not have a brief on that with me but I am happy to take that on notice for Senator Milne and get her an answer as soon as I can as to the status of and progress on the national energy savings initiative.