Kate Chaney (Curtin, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

This is a question for the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. New fossil fuel projects have no place in our future net zero economy, and at some stage they will become stranded assets. Under the proposed safeguard mechanism, both new projects in sectors with a future and new fossil fuel projects can buy unlimited emissions offsets. How will the safeguard mechanism differentiate between these two types of new projects—the ones we need and the ones that will make it harder?

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