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

Of course, renewable energy projects—solar farms, wind farms, transmission lines and hydroelectricity—will all be assessed in the same way that any other project will be assessed under our environmental laws. Whether it is a new housing development, whether it is a road, whether it is a rail project or whether it is a transmission line, it will be assessed in the same way. And, of course, if they have unacceptable impacts on the environment, they will be refused, as any other project would be. The Leader of the National Party has asked how many hectares. Of course, that depends on which projects. We're at the very beginning of a—

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