Wednesday, 17 July 2024 – Hours before the deciding State of Origin match, the Minister for Energy and Clean Economy Jobs, the Hon Mick de Brenni MP addressed the Queensland Media Club, sharing insight of how the Queensland Government’s nation-leading Energy and Jobs Plan is setting the playbook for the clean energy transition and global leading practice in sustainability.

00:19 – Compère Brendan Smith (State political reporter, ‪@10NewsFirst‬) welcomes Minister de Brenni to the stage

01:29 – Minister de Brenni addresses the QMC

30:43 – MEDIA Q&A SESSION: (Brendan Smith) In the last hour we’ve seen the Queensland branch of the CMFEU has been put into voluntary administration, what’s your response to that?

31:42 – (Brendan Smith) Tomorrow marks 100 days until the state election. The government has already announced several cost-of-living measures, is there anything else in the kitty for Queensland families or businesses?

33:50 – (Tim Arvier – ‪@9NewsAUS‬ ) You’ve gone heavy on the Origin feature today – if you were to equate the CMFEU to a State of Origin player, who would it be?

34:43 – (Tim Arvier) You appointed Jade Ingham to the QBBC [Queensland Building and Construction Commission] Board. Do you have any regrets about making that appointment?

35:50 – (Michael McKenna – ‪@theaustralian‬ ) Earlier today, the Brady Heywood report into the catastrophic failure and explosion of a Callide C in 2021 was released. The Brady report has shown that there was a maintenance backlog ... Did you take your eye off the ball?

38:40 – (Michael McKenna) You didn't answer the question. Did you take your eye off the board? Did the other mandating, shareholding ministers take their eye off the ball? Is it time for some ministerial responsibility?

40:31 – (Michael McKenna) The Brady Report found that of the five people on the board, only one had power operational experience ... Do you think it was still a good idea to have appointed someone like Jim Sorley, who it seems his only qualification was that he was a Labor guy?

41:45 – (James Hall – ‪@FinancialReview‬ ) Industry figures have said that best practice industry conditions (BPIC) have added 30% to some projects. Is that a fair calculation and are you concerned that this BPIC escalation effect will jeopardise the renewable energy transition?

43:41 – (Alex Brester – ‪@abcnewsaustralia‬ ) CS Energy gave a short press conference this morning then quickly exited without taking questions - despite only prior saying they wanted to rebuild trust. How can they do that when they won't even answer simple questions from the media?

44:28 – (Madura McCormack – ‪@couriermail3655‬ ) Did you not at any point in your numerous dealings with CS Energy come to suspect it was a significantly troubled organisation? And what does that say of your leadership?

46:07 – (Madura McCormack) How can the government continue to ignore or deny that BPICs has had a significant impact on the cost of projects in Queensland?

47:40 – (Savannah Meacham – Australian Associated Press) The Brady Report found that CS Energy did not value safety before the Callide explosion. How confident are you that this attitude has changed and should the community and workers have confidence in its operations going forward?

48:17 – (Andrew Messenger – ‪@GuardianAustralia‬ ) You said the board of CS had guaranteed the statutory and other maintenance had been done on Callide … you told Parliament the same ... Chair Adam Aspinall said “the information which CS Energy used to brief the Government was ambiguous”. Which is true, was it ambiguous or unambiguous?

50:38 – (Rachel Baxter – ‪@7news‬ ) Does the State Government know what effect Dutton's nuclear plan would have on Queensland's power grid if it's implemented?

52:38 – (Michael McKenna) On CS Energy, how much did the rebuild of Callide cost the government, and how much in lost income from the shutdown?

54:38 – (Alex Brester) Will you release the business case for Pioneer Burdekin Pumped Hydro before the election?

55:30 – (Madura McCormack) The government announced Pioneer Burdekin Pumped Hydro without telling the people who would be affected before it happened … Why did the state government choose to let go of its social licence on this project before it even got going?

56:53 – (Tim Arvier) Are you intending to go to the election on Pioneer without telling Queenslanders how much it's going to cost? Will you be making those clear to people, even an estimated cost, before the election?

01:00:11 – (Andrew Messenger) Let's say a future Federal Government which is very keen on nuclear power comes along ... Constitutionally the Federal Government does not have an enumerated power over state energy. Does that mean our ban wins?

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