Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, you always know when the Greens are on dodgy ground, because Senator Brown does not want to listen to the facts and he will insist on his inane interjections. The simple fact is that the overwhelming evidence from all the scientists is that forestry is carbon positive for our environment. We do forestry like no other country in the world. My challenge to the Australian Greens has continually been: if you think we do not do forestry well in Australia, tell me one country that does it better. And there is a deafening silence—as there always is—because they know there is no country that does it better than Australia, and when you hit them with the facts, you get a point of order—