Energy policy: motions

The question put

That this house: (1) notes the government’s mismanagement of its Victorian energy upgrade program, which has seen: (a) Victorians paying up to three times more for a tonne of carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere under the state’s program compared with other equivalent schemes in other Australian jurisdictions; (b) the total cost impact of the Victorian program on industry and consumers likely to hit $652 million in 2024, representing a 30 per cent increase over just 12 months and a rise from $88 million a decade ago; (c) the Victorian energy efficiency certificate become the most expensive in the country, at $108.50 in October 2024; (d) Victorian households pay $188 per annum per household using 6000 kilowatt hours of electricity per annum in green scheme bill payments, non-transparently incorporated in the energy bills of Victorian consumers; (e) the Victorian government deliver multiple refrigerators to the premises of individual small businesses as part of a rort; (f) the Victorian scheme placed under review; and (2) condemns the Minister for Energy and Resources for her waste, incompetence and the additional load she has thoughtlessly placed on Victorian families during a