Mr BOWEN (McMahon—Minister for Climate Change and Energy) (14:51): I thank the honourable member for his question. In relation to the announcement made by the Prime Minister and me last week, Marinus Link goes under the Bass Strait. That's the biggest investment we've made in transmission, and we will be working with— Government members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Members on my right! Order! Mr Thistlethwaite interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Kingsford Smith is not helping. I give the call to the Leader of the Nationals, who is rising on a point of order. Mr Littleproud: Relevance, Mr Speaker. The question was very tight. It was around poles and wires and the 28,000 kilometres of them. That is above ground, not below it, just to help him out. The SPEAKER: The minister is 20 seconds into his answer. He is entitled— Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: Order, on my left! Mr Fletcher interjecting— Mr Littleproud interjecting— The SPEAKER: The Manager of Opposition Business will cease interjecting. So will the Leader of the Nationals. The minister is entitled to a preamble. I ask him to return to the question. Mr BOWEN: I thank the honourable member for his question. I understand his sensitivity, because they talked about the Marinus Link for six years; we're delivering it in six months. That's the difference. The Marinus Link is an important link between Tasmania and the mainland—the second and third links—because we believe that Tasmania can become a 200 per cent renewable economy. The SPEAKER: The Manager of Opposition Business. It will not be a point on relevance because that has already been taken. I will hear from him. Mr Fletcher: Mr Speaker, you made a very clear ruling that the minister needed to return to the question. He is ignoring your ruling. He's talking about something quite different. The SPEAKER: Resume your seat, Manager of Opposition Business. Opposition members interjecting— The SPEAKER: The minister is being relevant, and I would like to hear what the minister is saying if members on my left will cease interjecting. Mr BOWEN: I'm more than happy to deal with the issues raised by the opposition, because they're important ones. They're important ones because Marinus and other transmission projects which it's connected to—like the North West Transmission link, which the Prime Minister and I announced with the Premier of Tasmania and the energy minister last week; the KerangLink in Victoria, which was also announced, as we are working on with other states. I presume, given the tone of questions from those opposite, that those opposite are very annoyed with the announcements from New South Wales in recent days, very annoyed by the announcement of the Treasurer and energy minister and the Deputy Premier in New South Wales about compensation for above-ground wires that have to be built in New South Wales— Mr Littleproud interjecting— The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Nationals will cease interjecting. Mr BOWEN: by the New South Wales government, as part of the Rewiring the Nation plans. We know that transmission is necessary for transition. That is what's necessary. We've made it very clear, as part of our election commitment, that we will roll out this transmission— Mr Littleproud interjecting— The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Nationals is warned! Mr BOWEN: We've also made this clear: we will reform what is known as the RIT-T process—the regulatory process for above-ground wires—which they left in place for nine years. We'll reform it because it is not fit for purpose, because it does not provide adequate compensation for people who are impacted, as the member for Ballarat and the member for Hawke well know and well understand because they've actually taken the time to engage in these issues. They actually understand these issues—unlike, it appears, the Leader of the National Party. Mr Hogan interjecting— The SPEAKER: The member for Page will cease interjecting.