Senate debates

Tuesday, 11 August 2015

Questions without Notice

Climate Change

2:22 pm

Photo of Larissa WatersLarissa Waters (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Sure, if you could reset the clock. Over two-thirds of Australians want to see Australia's economy transformed into a jobs-rich, pollution-free future. Meanwhile, only six per cent of Australians want more government support for coal. In his press conference today, the Prime Minister said, 'The only way to protect the coal industry is to go with the kind of policies we have.' Yet even the G7 leaders have agreed to phase out coal by the end of the century. So which is it—protecting your coal donors or protecting Australia's future?

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