Janet Rice (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Minister, you state that you love the possum and that the Victorian possums will be safe. This is based on the government's Leadbeater's possum action plan, which has received emphatic criticism from the scientific community and remains overshadowed by the continued clear-fell logging of the species' habitats. Successive state governments remain unwilling to stop logging, so what is this government going to do and how can it justify handing over environmental protection to the states?