Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction and conduct of the inquiry

[1]        COAG meeting outcomes, 30 April 2009, http://www.coag.gov.au/coag_meeting_outcomes/2009-04-30/index.cfm, viewed 6 August 2009.

[2]        See Chapter 6 of the Committee's report Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 and related bills, June 2009.

[3]        Senate Standing Committee on Economics, Exposure draft of the legislation to implement the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, April 2009, p 1.

[4]        Mr Matthew Warren, Chief Executive Officer, Clean Energy Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, pp 70 and 72.

[5]        Hon John Howard, cited in Parliamentary Library, Bills Digest.

[6]        Parliamentary Library, https://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/ClimateChange/governance/domestic/national/party.htm (accessed 8 August 2009).

Chapter 2 - Structure of the renewable energy target

[1]        Mr Andrew Livingston, Renewable Energy Regulator, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 18. The excess of 10,000 production over the 8,100 GWh target is being 'banked' under the MRET. See paragraph 2.9 for a further discussion of 'banking'.

[2]        Parliamentary Library, Research Paper, 'The potential for renewable energy to provide baseload power in Australia', p 4.

[3]        LMS Generation, Submission 81, p 9. Calculations by Greg Buckman, Submission 21, pp 7-9 reach a similar conclusion.

[4]        Australian Industry Greenhouse Network, Submission 59, p 5.

[5]        Greg Buckman, Submission 21, p 5; Department of Climate Change, Answers to questions on notice, August 2009.

[6]        Vestas, Submission 129, p 2.

[7]        Renewables Global Status Report: 2009 Update, The Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century; http://www.ren21.net/pdf/RE_GSR_2009_Update.pdf.

[8]        LMS Generation, Submission 81, p 9.

[9]        Hon Greg Combet, Second reading speech, House of Representatives Hansard,    2009.

[10]      Uniting Church, Submission 79, p 3.

[11]      LMS Generation, Submission 81, p 9.

[12]      Mr Greg Buckman, Submission 21, p 19.

[13]      Greenpeace Australia, Submission 43, p 2.

[14]      Department of Climate Change, Answers to questions on notice, August 2009.

[15]      Mr Blair Comley, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 5.

[16]      Mr Philip Freeman, Australian Conservation Foundation, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, pp 76-7.

[17]      The Wilderness Society, Submission 76, p 2. A 40 per cent target for 2020 is also supported by Greenpeace Australia, Submission 43, p 2.

[18]      Dr Muriel Watt, IT Power, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 52.

[19]      Dr Iain MacGill, Joint Director, Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 83.

[20]      Emerging Technologies, Submission 113, p 3.

[21]      Dr Wright, CSIRO, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, pp 38-9.

[22]      Professor Andrew Blakers, Submission 2, p 5.

[23]      Professor Andrew Blakers, Submission 2, p 7.

[24]      Mr Richards, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 58.

[25]      Stewart Needham, 'The potential for renewable energy to provide baseload power in Australia', 23 September 2008.

[26]      Griffin Energy, Submission 7, pp 1-2.

[27]      Ms Maria Tarrant, Director of Policy, Business Council of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 28.

[28]      Australian Forest Growers, Submission 14, p 2.

[29]      Robert Gishubl, Submission 54, p 1.

[30]      Bureau of Steel Manufacturers of Australia, Submission 17, p 5.

[31]      APPEA, Submission 66, p 6.

[32]      Uniting Church, Submission 79, pp 1-2.

[33]      Dr Iain MacGill, Joint Director, Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 84.

[34]      Dr Iain MacGill, Joint Director, Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 84.

[35]      Mr Gregory Ellis, Gas Industry Alliance, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 83. The inclusion of heat pump water heaters is criticised further in the submissions by Bosch, Submission 116 and LMS Generation, Submission 81 p 4 and by Dr Muriel Watt, IT Power, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 52.

[36]      Rheem, Submission 123, pp 1-2.

[37]      Department of Climate Change, Answers to questions on notice, August 2009.

[38]      National Association of Forest Industries, Submission 94, p 1.

[39]      Australian Forest Growers, Submission 14, p 2.

[40]      A3P, Submission 96, p 6.

[41]      Prue Acton, Submission 55, p 1.

[42]      Lawyers for Forests, Submission 56, p 1.

[43]      The Wilderness Society, Submission 76, p 2. See also Margaret Blakers, Submission 25, Harriett Swift, Submission 48 and Greenpeace Australia, Submission 43, p 2.

[44]      As well as the submissions quoted below the Queensland Resources Council, Submission 127, pp 2-3 and GE Energy Australia, Submission 86, pp 2-3 argued for the inclusion of these fugitive emissions, as did a confidential submission.

[45]      Mr Michael Hitchens, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Industry Greenhouse Network, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 44. See also Australian Industry Greenhouse Network, Submission 59, p 4.

[46]      Australian Ethical Investment, Submission 92, p 1.

[47]      Dr Muriel Watt, IT Power, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 68.

[48]      World Wildlife Fund, Submission 9, p 6.

[49]      Environment Business Australia, Submission 126, p 12.

[50]      Mr Richards, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 68.

[51]      Solar-Wind-Systems, Submission 1, p 1; Todae, Submission 5, p 1; BP Solar, Submission 63, p 6; Green Energy Markets, Submission 100, p 1; Kyocera Solar, Submission 105, p 1; RF Industries, Submission 106, p 2 and Conergy, Submission 44, p 2 all called for it to be increased to 10kW. CSR called for it to be increased to 5kW; Submission 47, p 3. The Australian PV Association and IT Power called for it to be increased to 3kW for residential PV systems; Submission 51, p 2 and Dr Muriel Watt, IT Power, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 52.

[52]      Mr Matthew Warren, Chief Executive Officer, Clean Energy Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 67.

[53]      Australian Industry Group, Submission 64, p 6.

[54]      Uniting Church, Submission 79, p 3.

[55]      Ausra, Submission 91, p 8. See also Moreland Energy Foundation, Submission 19, p 2.

[56]      AGL Energy, Submission 39, p 2. A similar idea is put by Mr Philip Freeman, Australian Conservation Foundation, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 77; Mr Kane Thornton, Hydro Tasmania, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 51, Conergy, Submission 44, p 2 and CSR, Submission 47, p 4.

[57]      Dr Iain MacGill, Joint Director, Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 84.

[58]      Department of Climate Change, Answers to questions on notice, August 2009.

Chapter 3 - Employment Impacts and Costs of Delay

[1]        Ms Meghan Quinn, Treasury, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 10.

[2]        Department of Climate Change, Answers to questions on notice, August 2009.

[3]        Mr Matthew Warren, Chief Executive Officer, Clean Energy Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 69. In the original source, Access Economics say 'in aggregate, Access Economics estimates that the climate change policies assessed for this report will create a net 28,230 FTE positions over the period 2010 to 2020'; Access Economics, The Net Employment Impacts of Climate Change Policies, p ii.

[4]        Pacific Hydro, Submission 8, p 1.

[5]        Dr Muriel Watt, IT Power, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 52.

[6]        Hydro Tasmania, Submission 40, p 7, citing McLennan Magasanik Associates, Regional Employment and Income Opportunities Provided by Renewable Energy Generation, May 2009.

[7]        Dr Karl Mallon, World Wildlife Fund, Select Committee on Climate Policy Hansard, 1 May 2009, p 49.

[8]        Ms Meghan Quinn, Treasury, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, pp 10 and 12.

[9]        Mr Blair Comley, Department of Climate Change, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 93.

[10]      Ms Meghan Quinn, Treasury, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 25.

[11]      In addition to the those quoted below, similar sentiments were expressed in submissions such as Todae, Submission 5; Solar Co, Submission 12; Solaris Technology, Submission 71; Greenback Environmental, Submission 88; Silcar, Submission 90; Bellingen Solar, Submission 95; Great Southern Solar, Submission 98; Sun Empire Solar Systems, Submission 99; Eureka Funds Management, Submission 102; Australian Sugar Milling Council, Submission 104; Kyocera Solar, Submission 105; RF Industries, Submission 106; Suzlon Energy, Submission 107; Vestas, Submission 129; Solar Shop, Submission 130; Clean Energy Council, Submission 112; Solahart Lismore, Submission 24; Jason Sharam, Submission 34; Conergy, Submission 44; Origin Energy, Submission 53, p 2; Modern Solar, Submission 121, p 1; Air Solar Bundaberg, Submission 4, p 1; Solar-Wind-Systems, Submission 1, p 1; Pacific Hydro, Submission 8, p 1.

[12]      Mr Matthew Warren, Chief Executive Officer, Clean Energy Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 67.

[13]      Professor Ray Wills, CEO, Western Australian Sustainable Energy Association, Committee Hansard, 2 July 2009, pp 2-3.

[14]      Ms Andrea Gaffney, BP Solar, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 50.

[15]      Mr Kane Thornton, Hydro Tasmania, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 50.

[16]      Investor Group on Climate Change, Submission 119, p 1.

[17]      Mr Dominic Nolan, Chief Executive Officer, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 38. See also Australian Sugar Milling Council, Submission 104, p 2.

[18]      Mr Dominic Nolan, Chief Executive Officer, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 38.

[19]      Vestas, Submission 129, p 4.

[20]      Clean Energy Council, Submission 112, p 2.

[21]      Rob &Sandra Willis-Jones, Submission 70, p 1.

[22]      Roger McMillan, Submission 33, p 1.

[23]      For example, Paul & Margaret O'Brien, Submission 75, p 1; Rob and Leonie Zadow, Submission 82, p 1; Meredith McKenzie, Submission 120; David Murray, Submission 28; Tina Donovan, Submission 36; and Mary-Anne Naumann, Submission 38.

[24]      Professor John Quiggin, Proof Select Committee on Climate Policy Hansard, 28 April 2009, p 23.

[25]      Quote from Renewable Fuels Australia to the Select Committee on Climate Policy, Submission 16, page 3.

[26]      See Senate Standing Committee on Economics, Gas Explosion at Varanus Island, Western Australia, December 2008.

[27]      Mr Tim Nelson, AGL Energy, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 57.

Chapter 4 - The renewable energy target as a complement to emissions trading

[1]        Australian Industry Group, Submission 64, p 2.

[2]        Professor Ross Garnaut, Proof Select Committee on Climate Policy Hansard, 16 April 2009, pp 55-6.

[3]        Productivity Commission, 'What Role for Policies to Supplement an Emissions Trading Scheme?': Submission to the Garnaut Climate Change Review, May 2008, p. xvii. A similar comment by the PC was cited by Mr Michael Hitchens, CEO, Australian Industry Greenhouse Network, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 43.

[4]        Mr Tim Kelly, Submission 6, p 4.

[5]        Ms Meghan Quinn, Treasury, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 6.

[6]        Department of Climate Change, Answers to questions on notice, August 2009.

[7]        Ms Maria Tarrant, Business Council of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 27.

[8]        Mr Matthew Warren, Chief Executive Officer, Clean Energy Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 70.

[9]        Mr Blair Comley, Deputy Secretary, Department of Climate Change, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, pp 4 and 6.

[10]      Mr Matthew Warren, Chief Executive Officer, Clean Energy Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 67.

[11]      Professor Ray Wills, Chief Executive Officer, Western Australian Sustainable Energy Association, Committee Hansard, 2 July 2009, p 2.

[12]      Origin Energy, Submission 53, p 1.

[13]      Pacific Hydro, Submission 8, p 1.

[14]      Hon Penny Wong, F&PA Estimates Hansard, 29 May 2009, p 28.

[15]      Mr John Hepburn, Greenpeace Australia Pacific, Select Committee on Climate Policy Hansard, 21 April 2009, p 58.

[16]      Professor Ray Wills, Chief Executive Officer, Western Australian Sustainable Energy Association, Committee Hansard, 2 July 2009, p 4.

[17]      Solar Systems, Submission 97, p 1. The quotation from the Stern Review is from section 16.4.

[18]      Emerging Technologies, Submission 113, p 2.

[19]      Ms Susan Jeanes, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Geothermal Energy Association, Proof Committee Hansard, p 51.

[20]      Mr Blair Comley, Department of Climate Change, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 16. See Table 2.2.

[21]      Geodynamics, Submission 45, p 5.

[22]      Professor Andrew Blakers, Submission 2, pp 1-3.

[23]      Ausra, Submission 91, p 10.

[24]      Ms Susan Jeanes, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Geothermal Energy Association, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 51. Once a technology reaches, say, 500 megawatts capacity, it is reclassified from emerging to established; Mr Alan Knights, Australian Geothermal Energy Association, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 56.

[25]      Solar Systems, Submission 97, p 2.

[26]      As well as those cited below, banding was criticised by the Clean Energy Council, Submission 112, p 3. See also the comments by their CEO, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 74. Banding has also been criticised by Mr Michael Costello, Managing Director, ActewAGL, Select Committee on Climate Policy Hansard, 30 April 2009.

[27]      Dr Muriel Watt, IT Power, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 61.

[28]      Ms Andrea Gaffney, BP Solar, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 61.

[29]      Suzlon Energy, Submission 107, p 3.

[30]      Vestas, Submission 129, p 3.

[31]      Ms Susan Jeanes, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Geothermal Energy Association, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 53.

[32]      Ausra, Submission 91, p 2.

[33]      As well as the those quoted below, supporters include Solar-Wind-Systems, Submission 1, p 1; Modern Solar, Submission 121, p 3; Environment Business Australia, Submission 126, p 17; Margaret Blakers, Submission 25, p 2; Sean Manners, Submission 32, p 1; Conergy, Submission 44 and CSR, Submission 47, p 3; and Moreland Energy Foundation, Submission 19, p 5.

[34]      Ms Andrea Gaffney, BP Solar, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 61.

[35]      RF Industries, Submission 106, p 2.

[36]      Greenpeace Australia, Submission 43, p 3.

[37]      Solar Guys, Submission 52, p 2.

[38]      Mr Matthew Warren, Chief Executive Officer, Clean Energy Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 72.

[39]      Department of Climate Change, Answers to questions on notice, August 2009.

[40]      Mr Michael Costello, Managing Director, ActewAGL, Select Committee on Climate Policy Hansard, 30 April 2009, p 146. See also the discussion in Senate Standing Committee on Environment, Communications and the Arts, Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment (Feed-in-Tariff) Bill 2008, November 2008, pp 10-11.

[41]      Ms Susan Jeanes, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Geothermal Energy Association, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 55.

[42]      Ian Gittus, Submission 27, p 1.

[43]      Dr Iain MacGill, Joint Director, Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 84.

[44]      2009-10 Budget Papers, and Mr Blair Comley, Department of Climate Change, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 4.

[45]      Mr Blair Comley, Department of Climate Change, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 6.

[46]      Dr Gabriel Calzada Alvarez, 'Study of the effects on employment of public aid to renewable energy sources', March 2009.

[47]      GA Portillo et al, 'Critical review of 'Study of the effects on employment of public aid to renewable energy sources', May 2009; Australian Conservation Foundation, Answers to questions on notice, August 2009.

[48]      Letter from Spanish Secretary of State of Climate Change to Henry Waxman, 20 May 2009, provided by Pacific Hydro, Answers to questions on notice, August 2009.

[49]      Spanish Climate Change Minister, cited by Giles Parkinson, The Australian, 6 July 2009, p 25; Australian Conservation Foundation, Answers to questions on notice, August 2009.

[50]      Department of Climate Change, Answers to questions on notice, August 2009.

[51]      Department of Climate Change, Answers to questions on notice, August 2009.

[52]      Australian Conservation Foundation, Answers to questions on notice, August 2009.

[53]      Mr Freeman, Australian Conservation Foundation, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 80; Australian Conservation Foundation, Answers to questions on notice, August 2009.

[54]      Dr Alan Moran, Institute of Public Affairs, Submission 16, p 9.

[55]      Mr Blair Comley, Department of Climate Change, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 7.

[56]      Giles Parkinson, The Australian, 6 July 2009, p 25.

Chapter 5 - Modelling the impact of the RET

[1]        Australian Industry Greenhouse Network, Submission 59, p 2. A similar statement appears in Business Council of Australia, Submission 122, p 3.

[2]        Energy Users Association of Australia, Submission 67, p 5.

[3]        APPEA, Submission 66, p 4.

[4]        Dr Helal Ahammad, Branch Manager, Climate Change, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Select Committee on Climate Policy Hansard, 16 April 2009, p 119.

[5]        Select Committee on Climate Policy, Report, 2009, Recommendation 5, pp 137-8.

[6]        Mr Blair Comley, Department of Climate Change, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 5. The original source is McLennan Magasanik Associates, 'Benefits and costs of the expanded renewable energy target', January 2009, p 6.

[7]        McLennan Magasanik Associates, 'Benefits and costs of the expanded renewable energy target', January 2009, p 39.

[8]        Ms Meghan Quinn, Treasury, Proof Select Committee on Climate Policy Hansard, 30 April 2009, p 11.

[9]        Mr Matthew Warren, Chief Executive Officer, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 68.

[10]       Port Jackson Partners, 'Bringing specific company economic perspectives to bear on the ETS design', in Business Council of Australia, Modelling Success: Designing an ETS that Works -- How Emissions Trading Can Work for the Environment and the Economy,  p 133. http://www.bca.com.au/Content/101485.aspx

[11]       Roam Consulting, Roam Insight, Issue 11, p 38. http://www.roamconsulting.com.au/downloads/ROAMInsight_Issue11FullReport.pdf.

[12]       'An independent study by consultants CRA International last year for the National Generators Forum concluded electricity pool prices would be reduced by 5 per cent if "low cost, short run marginal cost renewables are forced into the generation mix" '; Herald-Sun, 13 February 2009.

[13]       Mr Jonathan Upson, Infigen Energy, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 60.

[14]       EUAA, Submission 67, p 4.

[15]       Alan Moran, Institute of Public Affairs, Submission 16, p 3.

[16]       Ms Meghan Quinn, Treasury, Select Committee on Climate Policy Hansard, 30 April 2009, p 15.

[17]       EUAA, Submission 67, p 8.

[18]       Mr Blair Comley, Department of Climate Change, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 5.

[19]       Mr Blair Comley, Department of Climate Change, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 5.

[20]       Mr Robert Poole, Murray Goulburn, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 5.

Chapter 6 - Assistance for electricity users

[1]        By 'true', they mean applying to the total RET requirement, not just to the increase from the MRET. Gladstone Engineering Alliance, Submission 3, p 1. A similar claim is made by the Major Employers Group of Tasmania, Submission 13, p 4; Australian Aluminium Council, Submission 62, p 1; Rio Tinto, Submission 93, p 1; Gladstone Industry Leadership Group, Submission 89, p 1; A3P, Submission 96, p 4; and CSR, Submission 47, p 2.

[2]        Australian Industry Greenhouse Network, Submission 59, pp 2-3.

[3]        Business Council of Australia, Submission 122, pp 2 and 8.

[4]        Dr Iain MacGill, Joint Director, Centre for Energy and Environmental Markets, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 84.

[5]        Australian Conservation Foundation, Submission 61, p 1.

[6]        Australian PV Association, Submission 51, p 4.

[7]        Greenpeace Australia, Submission 43, p 2.

[8]        Mr Philip Freeman, Australian Conservation Foundation, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, pp 76-7.

[9]        Mr Alan Cransberg, Managing Director, Alcoa of Australia and Deputy Chairman, Australian Aluminium Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 10.

[10]      Mr Alan Cransberg, Managing Director, Alcoa of Australia and Deputy Chairman, Australian Aluminium Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 11.

[11]      Mr Alan Cransberg, Managing Director, Alcoa of Australia and Deputy Chairman, Australian Aluminium Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 11.

[12]      Dr Xiaoling Liu, President, Primary Metals, Pacific, Rio Tinto Alcan, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, pp 11-12.

[13]      Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, pp 19-20.

[14]      Dr Xiaoling Liu, President, Primary Metals, Pacific, Rio Tinto Alcan, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p. 20.

[15]      Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p. 35.

[16]      Catholic Health Australia, Submission 18, p 3.

[17]      Renewable Energy (Electricity) Amendment Bill 2009, p 2.

[18]      Mr Blair Comley, Department of Climate Change, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 16.

[19]      Mr Blair Comley, Department of Climate Change, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 22.

[20]      Mr Blair Comley, Department of Climate Change, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 22. (See the discussion of modelling results in Chapter 3.)

[21]      In addition to those cited below, this point was made by; BP Solar, Submission 63, p 7; Australian Industry Group, Submission 64, p 4;   Kyocera Solar, Submission 105, p 1.; Tomago Aluminium, Submission 10, p 1;  Business Council of Australia, Submission 122, p 8; Bureau of Steel Manufacturers of Australia, Submission 17, p 2; AGL Energy, Submission 39, p 2 and CSR, Submission 47, p 3; Origin Energy, Submission 53, p 2; Clean Energy Council, Submission 112, p 2; Greenpeace Australia, Submission 43, p 3; a number of renewable energy producers at their roundtable, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 53.

[22]      Ms Maria Tarrant, Director of Policy, Business Council of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 28.

[23]      Mr Michael Hitchens, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Industry Greenhouse Network, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 43.

[24]      Professor Ray Wills, CEO, Western Australian Sustainable Energy Association, Committee Hansard, 2 July 2009, p 2.

[25]      Mr Dominic Nolan, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Sugar Milling Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 41.

[26]      Ms Andrea Gaffney, BP Solar, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 53.

[27]      Parliamentary Library, https://www.aph.gov.au/library/pubs/ClimateChange/governance/domestic/national/party.htm (accessed 8 August 2009).

Additional comments by Coalition Senators

[1]        John Howard, Safeguarding the Future: Australia's response to Climate Change, 20 November 1997.

[2]        Office of the Renewable Energy Regulator, Fact Sheet: MRET the basics, April 2009.

[3]        John Howard, 'A National Clean Energy Target', Media Release, 23 September 2007.

[4]        John Howard, Ministerial Statement to Parliament on Energy Initiatives, 14 August 2006.

[5]        Olga Galacho, 'No talks on solar rebate test', Herald Sun, 30 May 2008.

[6]        Department of Climate Change, Solar Credits: Frequently Asked Questions, June 2009.

[7]        Matthew Warren, Chief Executive Officer, Clean Energy Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p. 74.

[8]        Matthew Warren, '28,000 Australians waiting for a new clean job', Media release, 16 June 2009.

[9]        Matthew Warren, Chief Executive Officer, Clean Energy Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p. 67.

[10]      Adam Morton, 'Canberra deals third blow to solar industry', The Age, 23 June 2009.

[11]      Solar Shop, Media Release, June 2009.

[12]      Andrea Gaffney, Government Relations Manager, BP Solar, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p. 51.

[13]      BP Solar, Submission 63, p 7; Australian Industry Group, Submission 64, p 4;   Kyocera Solar, Submission 105, p 1.; Tomago Aluminium, Submission 10, p 1;  Business Council of Australia, Submission 122, p 8; Bureau of Steel Manufacturers of Australia, Submission 17, p 2; AGL Energy, Submission 39, p 2; CSR, Submission 47, p 3; Origin Energy, Submission 53, p 2; Clean Energy Council, Submission 112, p 2; Greenpeace Australia, Submission 43, p 3; p 53; Mr Michael Hitchens, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Industry Greenhouse Network, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 43; Professor Ray Wills, CEO, Western Australian Sustainable Energy Association, Committee Hansard, 2 July 2009, p 2; Mr Dominic Nolan, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Sugar Milling Council, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 41; Ms Andrea Gaffney, BP Solar, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 53; and a number of other renewable energy producers at their roundtable, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009.

[14]      COAG, Discussion Paper: Treatment of electricity-intensive trade-exposed industries under the expanded national Renewable Energy Target scheme, December 2008, p.6.

[15]      Treasury, Australia's Low Pollution Future, October 2008, p.181.

[16]      Australian Aluminium Council, Submission 62, pp. 1, 7-8.

[17]      Ms Xiaoling Liu, President, Primary Metals, Pacific, Rio Tinto Alcan, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p. 12.

[18]      Mr Roy Gellweiler, Chief Financial Officer, Tomago Aluminium, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p. 14.

[19]      Trevor Coombe, Head, Global Alumina and Smelter Growth, Oceania, Hydro Aluminium, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p. 14.

[20]      Alan Cransberg, Managing Director, Alcoa of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p. 11.

[21]      Alan Cransberg, Managing Director, Alcoa of Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p. 12.

[22]      Gladstone Regional Council, Submission 46.

[23]      Gladstone Engineering Alliance Inc, Submission 3.

[24]      Gladstone Industry Leadership Group, Submission 89.

[25]      Robert Poole, Government Relations Manager, Murray Goulburn Co-operative, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p. 7.

[26]      Robert Poole, Government Relations Manager, Murray Goulburn Co-operative, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, pp. 5-6.

[27]      Robert Poole, Government Relations Manager, Murray Goulburn Co-operative, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p 4.

[28]      Business Council of Australia, Submission 122; Australian Industry Greenhouse Network, Submission 59; GE Energy Australia, Submission 86; Envirogen, Clark Energy and Energy Developments, Joint Submission (confidential), Bureau of Steel Manufacturers of Australia, Submission 17.

[29]      Blair Comley, Deputy Secretary, Department of Climate Change, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p. 15.

[30]      Andrew Richards, Executive Manager, Government and Corporate Affair of Pacific Hydro, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p. 67.

[31]      Mr Andrew Richards, Executive Manager, Government and Corporate Affair of Pacific Hydro, Proof Committee Hansard, 6 August 2009, p. 67.

[32]      Bureau of Steel Manufacturers of Australia, Submission 17, p. 1.

[33]      Bureau of Steel Manufacturers of Australia, Submission 17, p. 4.

[34]      Mr Gregory Roberts, Industry Representative, Gas Industry Alliance, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, pp. 83-4, 87.

[35]      Warring Neilson, Industry Representative, Gas Industry Alliance, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p. 89.

[36]      Treasury, Australia's Low Pollution Future, October 2008, charts 6.25 and 6.29.

[37]      Department of Climate Change, Answers to Questions on Notice, August 2009.

[38]      McLennan Magasanik Associates, Benefits and costs of the Expanded Renewable Energy Target, January 2009, p. 38.

[39]      McLennan Magasanik Associates, Benefits and Costs of the Expanded Renewable Energy Target, January 2009, pp. 40-1.

[40]      Catholic Health Australia, Submission 18, p. 2.

[41]      Gabriel Calzada, Study on the Effects of Employment of Public Aid to Renewable Energy Sources, March 2009, p. 2.

[42]      Meghan Quinn, General Manager Macroeconomic Modelling, Treasury, Proof Committee Hansard, pp. 8 & 10; Department of Climate Change, Answers to Questions on Notice, August 2009.

Minority report by Senator Xenophon

[1]        Mr Michael Hitchens, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Industry Greenhouse Network, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p. 49.

[2]        Dr John Wright, Adviser, Sustainable Energy Partnerships, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, pp 38-9.

[3]        Ms Susan Jeanes, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Geothermal Energy Association, Proof Committee Hansard, 5 August 2009, p 51.