Keith Pitt (Hinkler, National Party, Minister for Resources and Water) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for that question and say to them: find me a solar panel that works in the dark! This is just a statement of fact. It absolutely is. It is that simple. I say to those opposite: are you seriously suggesting that, when there is no sun, solar works? This is just a fundamental fact.

On this side of the House, we will continue to deliver, from my portfolio, the things that actually make those products. I'm not sure where those opposite think they come from—they don't fall out of the sky. They're made from Australian resources. We will be out there looking to continue to drive forward in our sector, to provide more jobs and opportunities, and to expand into new and emerging roles, because the market demands it. I think the line of questioning is quite incredible. I say to the honourable member: please, step forward and ask a question about the resources sector. I'm happy to answer it. Ask me a question about water and I'm happy to answer it. But questions about these things, which very clearly are fundamental facts of physics—well, I'm happy to answer those, too. But I'll come back to what they're made out of. We deliver aluminium from this country. We deliver critical minerals and rare earths from this country. We deliver the things that make steel from this country. There is so much—

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