Jenny McAllister (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Whish-Wilson, as with many of the questions you've put to me over the last couple of days, the government doesn't have a project proposal before us in relation to Barossa. We're aware, of course—as you are—of public discussion and public commentary by the proponents for that project. I have indicated to you where our focus is in terms of CCS funding support. We do not allocate funding to commercial applications of CCS. The previous government did, and the budget changes we made sought to refocus CCS funding towards areas that require technical innovation. I will confess to you that I may need to consult a little to get the specific parameters of the new program design, but I can broadly say it seeks to move away from commercial activities and towards activities that would ordinarily be considered part of the innovation cycle rather than the commercial part of the technology cycle.