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

Thank you Mr Speaker. I will come to the question the member has put. We have reduced emissions by 20 per cent! No-one else has done that—not those opposite and no-one before us. Emissions are down by 20 per cent. I say to the member for Melbourne: we are taking a balanced position. We are delivering for our nation not only in terms of the economy and jobs but by making sure we have a reliable and affordable supply not only of gas but of electricity for this country. Can you imagine where we would be if the member for Melbourne and the Greens teamed up with those opposite to implement that policy? $500 billion worth of investment would be lost. That is the cost. This is what has been put forward by the member for Melbourne and the Greens, a policy where they would not allow any future coal, oil or gas production and no new projects in this country. Eighty thousand jobs and $500 billion of investment would be lost. And it would be supported by those opposite.

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