Absolutely. That's one of the key themes from the range of reports we put out on this. Without a clear definition of what it is they've committed to phasing out, it's hard to phase that out, isn't it?
We were told they had a range of factors that they considered, and there's an exhibit in one of our reports that lists all of the factors they considered, but it's far from a definition. It's more of a laundry list of factors. No one could read that and figure out if it is in or out in terms of a fossil fuel subsidy.
It's unfortunate that it's sort devolved into a bit of a word game about these terms. If you go back to our 2012 study and perhaps consider any supports for fossil fuels, whether a department admits they constitute a subsidy or not, you may be able to get more to the root of the problem than continuing with interpretations of the term “inefficient fossil fuel subsidy”.
We've been mired in that for quite some time now. It would be good if we just got to the point of it, which is whether these supports, whatever you're calling them, are helping to achieve our journey towards net zero or hindering it. That's really the key question to ask.