Ian Campbell (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for the Environment and Heritage) Share this | Hansard source

Firstly, I thank Senator O’Brien for the question because it gives me the opportunity to, again, put to bed another myth that has been taken out of bed by Mr Hulls and his propaganda unit down in the Victorian government. We have the Victorian Labor Party, Senator Carr’s comrades, going around trying to convince people that they care about the environment, care about heritage, in the lead up to the Victorian election. The hypocrisy is really mind blowing. Here is a minister who received a report—this is the Victorian government Department of Sustainability and Environment report—that said that there was a significant risk to the extinction of this species. It said that they fly through the site.