Speaker: Give a call to the honourable member for Bradfield.

Member for Bradfield (Nicolette Boele): Thank you, Speaker. My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. The government handed out $622 million in diesel tax credits to BHP last financial year, and BHP's after-tax profits were over 15.5 billion. Can you explain to Australians why one of Australia's most profitable companies needs a $622 million taxpayer subsidy for diesel use, especially in the middle of a fuel crisis when regular Aussies are feeling the crunch at the bowser?

Speaker: The call to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy.

Minister for Climate Change and Energy: Well, thanks very much, Mr Speaker. I thank the honourable member for her question. The government's focus has been on supply — on securing fuel supply in the middle of a fuel crisis internationally — Mr Speaker, 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, which have now been operating for 2 years and have resulted in 5.8 million tonnes of avoided emissions and, importantly Mr Speaker, importantly are projected to avoid 17 billion litres of diesel being used between now and 2035, because we are putting in place the settings which will encourage those big emitters and big facilities to reduce their fuel use in a careful, methodical and properly designed fashion.