Tania Lawrence (Hasluck, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

BGC is an example of a company in a high-emitting sector, with concrete and with bricks. They are not setting a target to reduce to net zero by 2050. Guess when they want to set it by? The year 2040. Put that in your pipe and smoke it. This is a company that operates in a high-emissions area. They are preparing to set it to 2040. They've embraced the necessity of innovation. They are planning to reach their climate goal through a variety of changes across their business. They are looking—brace yourself for it—to potentially even set up in Collie with green energy to manage their kilns. Can you imagine that? Will you support that? Will you actually get in behind that and the jobs that it will create, or are you going to be a naysayer to that prospect as well? Will you reject the future for jobs and reject the opportunity to actually reduce carbon emissions? It is unbelievable that you would turn down industries that are putting their money on the table to move this forward. It's an example of what can be achieved and it's a great example—

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