Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Education and Training) Share this | Hansard source

As I suspect Senator Roberts is aware, the Finkel review undertakes modelling of certain scenarios, looking at business-as-usual scenarios and looking at scenarios where a clean energy target will be put in place. Like any modelling, that of course is informed and influenced by the assumptions that underpin that modelling. But that is there, detailed in the Finkel review. The government will consider that modelling, which, on the assumptions presented, demonstrates that a clean energy target scenario could produce over a period of time lower price impacts than the business-as-usual scenario. The government will consider that modelling, but that will not be the only input, of course, to the government's decision-making that will ensure that we give full and thorough consideration to the findings, the recommendations and the implications of going down the Finkel review path or modifications thereof.