Matthew Canavan (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Minister for Resources and Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

I do note, like the senator, mayor Jenny Hill's support for the coalition on this matter; she thinks we should support baseload power in North Queensland. We know, as I was saying, the Labor Party wanted to kickstart the closure of coal-fired power. Earlier last year Mark Butler, the energy spokesperson for the Labor Party, said:

Labor will introduce a framework to kickstart the closure of the older, heaviest polluting generators consistent with the principles set out in our policy documents.

That is their position, but we know that Anthony Albanese has a different view. Mr Albanese, the member for Grayndler, supports coal-fired power. He says on his website that he has had more than 70 references to supporting coal-fired power. That is another difference that is emerging there.

We have also had people like the state Labor member for Mirani, Mr Pearce, say that he supports a coal-fired power station. We have had Jo-Ann Miller, the Labor member for Ipswich, supporting a coal-fired power station. But we still have the federal Labor Party here wanting to kickstart the closure of reliable power in our country. (Time expired)