Peter Garrett (Kingsford Smith, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts) Share this | Hansard source

The lack of public policy rigour on the other side of the House means they are easily distracted. The member for Warringah this morning on Sky, asked about this particular coastal inquiry report and that the sea level had risen along the New South Wales coast by more than 20 centimetres, said to reporters:

Has anyone noticed it? No, they haven’t.

The answer is that people are noticing this, and it is extraordinary that the member, a serious contender on the front bench, could have a position like this.

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