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

I thank Senator Anning for that question. It's a bit hard for me to put myself in the mind of a Labor-Green alliance. I don't typically have thoughts along those lines. But can I say that it probably has something to do with things that are going on down in Melbourne at the moment, I think. I think something along those lines is the reason for these delays. We want to build dams. We want to get on with the job. But the Greens don't like dams. They hate 'em. They can't stand dams. There's never a dam they want built anywhere—except here in the ACT. They did vote for a dam in the ACT. They've got a big dam in the ACT, where they needed water. Otherwise, in the rest of the country, we're not allowed dams. Because the Greens don't want to have dams, that means the Labor Party have to say they don't want dams. They used to. Bob Hawke built the Burdekin Falls Dam. Back then, they built things. They used to build things in this country, but not anymore because they're tied to the Greens, and that means they will not build anything anywhere in this country.