QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator AYRES (New South Wales—Minister for Industry and Innovation and Minister for Science) (14:50): We've set about the lowest cost approach to building a low-cost, reliable electricity system for Australians. That's the program of effort that we are engaged in. It is the lowest cost approach.

It is in the interests of industry and blue-collar jobs in the regions in particular. Foreign investors in Australia's energy infrastructure are subject to the normal scrutiny through the foreign-investment framework. The PRESIDENT: Senator Babet, first supplementary?