Chris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Energy) Share this | Hansard source

I'm delighted to take a question from the Leader of the National Party about solar farms and prime agricultural land. The week before last I opened Australia's largest solar farm at Uralla in the electorate of the member for New England, but the Member for New England wasn't there. The state member, Mr Marshall, was there to join me in celebrating the opening. We had the big shearing clips out to cut the ribbon.

The interesting thing about Australia's largest solar farm in Uralla—the honourable member, the Leader of the National Party, asked me about prime agricultural land and solar farms, and I'm delighted that he did. At Australia's largest solar farm in Uralla, the proponent has worked with the landowners—

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