QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator WONG (South Australia—Minister for Foreign Affairs and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:45): Ensuring the country is resilient to international shocks—whether it's conflict in the Middle East, the Ukraine war or the other geopolitical uncertainty—to ensure supply resilience requires us to ensure that we have diverse options. So, Senator, I disagree with you if your lesson out of this global energy crisis is that we should not be transitioning to renewables, which of themselves, obviously, are sovereign capability.

But, at the same time, Senator, it is the case that making— Honourable senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order! Senator Watt and Senator Canavan! Senator Canavan interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Canavan, I've called you, and yet you call out again.

Minister Wong, did you have anything further to add? Senator WONG: Thank you. We want Australia to be energy secure.

What we will do and what we are doing, Senator, is—unlike you, we don't have an ideological view, but we will look at all— (Time expired)