Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Joyce for his insightful question. In asking his first supplementary question Senator Joyce has again missed the point. Thresholds are set across many pieces of legislation, including the tax act and a range of others. This is about driving a lower emissions future. It is about driving a clean energy future. Already, companies like JBS Swift are seeking out ways to drive down their emissions. They already have an opportunity to seek funding from the clean technology investment program. They already have an opportunity to look at their own electricity consumption to drive their emissions down as part of their clean energy future. This is exactly what the ETS we are moving towards will achieve. It will achieve the opportunity for those companies to drive their costs down. (Time expired)