Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I am just having trouble, I must admit, with the line of argument that if we make climate change a trigger the minister will have to say no. Does that mean that we can expect him to say no from now on to all the other actions that are considered under the current triggers? I am talking about Ramsar, all the threatened species—he knows the list of triggers as well as I do. I am specifically interested in mining on Christmas Island. Can I expect the minister to be saying no to that mine that affects a number of critically endangered species?