Senator BRANDIS (Queensland—Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate, Vice-President of the Executive Council, Minister for Arts and Attorney-General) (15:00): Senator, I actually did not hear the Prime Minister's interview with Alan Jones. Senator Gallagher interjecting— Senator BRANDIS: I actually did not hear it, Senator Gallagher. Can I tell you, though, that the government support renewable energy as part of our energy mix. We want to see the renewable energy target, which was introduced by the Howard government, by the way, succeed. Legislation has passed the House to progress our bipartisan agreement—with the opposition, by the way, Senator—to reform the target, avoiding wasted investment in electricity generation, reducing the risk of unnecessary price rises for consumers and allowing small-scale generation such as household solar to continue to grow uncapped, and exempting energy-intensive trade-exposed sectors such as aluminium. These measures are good for Australian jobs. The Commonwealth government does not approve new wind farm projects— The PRESIDENT: Pause the clock. Senator Moore: Mr President, I raise a point of order on direct relevance. I was listening carefully to the minister to see whether he was going to move onto the issue of wind farms in government policy at all, as that was the specific question. Could we have the minister directed towards the question. The PRESIDENT: Thank you, Senator Moore. I remind the minister he has half the time left to answer the question. Senator BRANDIS: I had actually just started to address the issue of wind farms when you took your point of order, Senator. As I was saying, the Commonwealth government does not approve wind farm projects because that is a matter for state governments. But the government does take community concerns seriously and is committed to looking at whether wind farm noise impacts human health. To that effect, the National Health and Medical Research Council has released an information paper entitled 'Evidence on wind farms and human health'. Senator Kim Carr: It said there was no evidence, no evidence at all! Senator Back: It did not! The PRESIDENT: Order! Senator Back and Senator Carr! Senator BRANDIS: Senator Urquhart, given the limited reliable evidence available, the NHMRC considers that further high-quality research is warranted and is planning a targeted call for research into wind farms and human health. The Department of Industry and Science will be reviewing the NHMRC's work to consider how noise from wind farms may affect human health so that any approach to measuring noise can be targeted appropriately.