Melissa Price (Durack, Liberal Party, Minister for the Environment) Share this | Hansard source

I'm so thrilled to be getting so many questions on the environment. We love to talk about the environment on this side because we're doing a good job. People can trust us. Australians know they can't trust you opposite. Building—I would also say growing—one billion trees. People may have noticed, going back a few weeks ago, the agriculture minister announced a new forestry plan. That is what I was referring to in the media.

We don't make an apology on this side for focusing on getting electricity prices down. That's what we're focused on, but we can look after the environment and the economy at the same time. We are doing this in a responsible way whilst growing the economy. The Australian people know they can trust us to do this. You can't trust those opposite. What's their record? What are they talking about? They're talking about a 45 per cent emissions target. They're talking about a 50 per cent Renewable Energy Target. You cannot trust them.

Don't just believe me. Why don't we get some quotes about what other people have said about Labor. What about the CFMEU president, who said that a 50 per cent RET by 2030 would increase the cost of electricity for manufacturing and households whilst being a poor tool to reduce Australia's overall emissions. Ben Davis, secretary of Bill Shorten's branch of the AWU said—

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