QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Mr BOWEN (McMahon—Minister for Climate Change and Energy) (14:17): I thank the honourable member for her question. The government's focus has been on securing fuel supply in the middle of a fuel crisis internationally—that would be the first point I'd make. Secondly, the point I'd make is that the government has chosen to focus on reducing emissions in heavy industry, including mining, through reforms to the Safeguard Mechanism.

Those reforms have now been operating for two years and have resulted in 5.8 million tonnes of avoided emissions. Importantly, we are projected to avoid 17 billion litres of diesel being used between now and 2035 because we are putting in place the settings that will encourage those big emitters and big facilities to reduce their fuel use in a careful, methodical and properly designed fashion.