Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Sterle for his second supplementary question.

Just like a house of cards in the breeze, the coalition's fear campaign is falling over on carbon price, on the economy, and now on illegal logging. The fear campaign is in a shambles because those opposite are, in fact, reduced to the husk of a party, with no policies, no promises for the nation and no plan. Taking action to crack down on illegal logging is good for the environment and good for Australian jobs as is, of course relying on legitimately harvested timber from our trading partners.

But right now, the Liberal-National party stands for illegal logging. That means it stands for criminal networks gaining wealth from the proceeds of crime. While this government is taking action, those opposite are opposed to combating illegal logging—