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

The benefit for local industry from investments in clean energy capital was clearly in the mind of the government when designing the Clean Technology Investment Program. That is why the program includes local industry participation as one of the merit criteria used to assess the merit of each application. So, by design, the Clean Technology Investment Program supports local manufacturers and local businesses. A concrete example is the grant that Bundaberg Sugar has been awarded. This $800,000 grant will help fund the installation of locally produced extraction mills that will reduce the amount of pollution produced by Bundaberg Sugar per tonne of output by 17 per cent—a win for Bundaberg Sugar, a win for local industry and a win for the environment—but none of that would have been possible without the Clean Energy Future plan.