Speakers: Hon Tim Ayres

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Hon Tim Ayres

>> No, I mean the the the way that this is delivered um we we have our responsibilities at Commonwealth level. The states have theirs. Um there's a set of what I would see as pragmatic judgments being made about making sure that um the capacity in the system that's required is there. Our job is um principally providing the investment confidence in uh new generation and transmission and driving that process. um the end of uh so I guess that's uh last month there were some 80.9 gawatt of projects um in um through through the connections process for the national electricity grid 80.9 um so there's a very substantial very substantial uh building process going on there. Uh the destination is very clear. Um the faster we can build uh the the the stronger the system, the faster we can build, the more industrial electricity jobs. Um you know, we make room for uh new investments in metals processing. Um all sorts of opportunities uh there. But but in order to do that, we need to build. So when there are senators in this place who are opposing wind developments in regional areas, they are really opposing industrial jobs. Uh when there are senators who make wild claims and members of parliament who make wild claims in regional communities about these things, they're they're opposing bluecollar jobs. Um but but our job is to get on with the buildout.