House debates

Tuesday, 25 March 2025

Questions without Notice

Coalmining Industry

2:54 pm

Photo of Michelle LandryMichelle Landry (Capricornia, National Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Manufacturing) Share this | | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water. With the Labor governments of New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia actively extending the life of coal-fired power stations, can the minister confirm how many coalmining approvals she has approved in this term of government?

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

Fewer than a dozen.