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

I want to thank the Leader of the National Party for that question. I want to say that it's obvious that it depends on the renewable energy project itself as to how much vegetation would have to be cleared. In some cases, very little vegetation will be cleared. If we're talking about—

Well, it depends on the project. There are 60 of them right across the country. But I can understand why the Nationals are so sensitive about this. While they were in government there were 22 separate energy policies, and they didn't land a single one of them.

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