Tanya Plibersek (Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment and Water) Share this | Hansard source

It's really interesting that those opposite don't want to hear about our plans for renewable energy, our plans to upgrade transmission lines and our plans to bring down emissions, because they had 22 energy policies and didn't land a single one. He's embarrassed by the fact that they never landed a single one. You know what? I've got 101 renewable energy projects before me right now, and I am delighted by the fact that we've got more renewable energy projects coming in all the time, because renewable energy is good for the environment. It's good for Australian households. It's good for Australian businesses. Dealing with climate change is one of the best things that we can do for the Australian environment. The idea that those opposite are against land clearing, given their record on grasslands—Jam Land, the land clearing that those opposite supported— (Time expired)

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