Page 3601 - Week 11 - Thursday, 16 November 2006
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we moved to 23 per cent and from 1 July it is estimated that we saved an equivalent of 30,000 tonnes of CO2.
In November 2005 we committed the ACT government to purchase only appliances with low standby power usage, the only government in Australia to do so. The government building energy audit program was completed in November 2005, with audits of 17 government buildings. Government agencies report their energy use and measures for reducing energy to the government. This is reported in annual reports. The government fleet has purchased 27 low-emission hybrid vehicles and will progressively over the next year convert to four-cylinder cars. ACTION has purchased 42 compressed natural gas buses at a cost of $17 million, and another 11 new CNG buses will be procured in 2006, for which we have allocated just under $5 million. A further $1.7 million has been spent on the construction of ACTION’s CNG refuelling station in Tuggeranong. We have committed $1 million to energy efficiency in public housing.
MR GENTLEMAN: Mr Speaker, I have a supplementary question. While I note the lead the states and territory governments have taken on energy related issues, what role should there be for national leadership in this area?
MR STANHOPE: There is a stark need for national leadership in relation to climate change.
Mrs Dunne: Mr Speaker, I rise on a point of order. Is Mr Gentleman’s question asking the Chief Minister to express an opinion about national leadership? Therefore, would it be out of order?
MR SPEAKER: I will listen to the question again.
MR GENTLEMAN: It was: while I note the lead the states and territory governments have taken on energy related issues, what role should there be for national leadership in this area?
MR SPEAKER: I think it is a reasonable question.
Mrs Dunne: It is asking for an expression of opinion. “What role should there be?” is asking him for an expression of opinion.
MR SPEAKER: I think it is a reasonable question. That is looking for a—
Mrs Dunne: The supplementary question still has to meet the rules.
MR SPEAKER: Yes, the supplementary question does have to meet the rules. But it is a question asking the Chief Minister what the government’s position is in relation to national leadership. A question about the national leadership on climate control or any other matter is a reasonable question, don’t you think? I have ruled on it. It is over.
Ms MacDonald: Mr Speaker, can I ask that the clock be started again, seeing as Mrs Dunne, for a second day in a row—
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