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

I do not think Kevin Rudd would appoint a member of the Liberal Party as his environment minister—even though each of the Howard government environment ministers has done far more for the environment than any Labor environment minister has ever done. This government has been the best friend the environment has ever had; that is just a matter of fact. But, as Senator Siewert asked: when Labor puts the anti coalmining trigger into the federal environment law, the EPBC Act, will Rudd Labor pull it? Senator Carr wants to bring this to a vote as soon as he can. I think he owes it to Australia to tell us whether he, Kevin Rudd or Peter Garrett—or whoever the environment minister is—will pull that trigger. Otherwise, why have the trigger? It is a fair question.