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

Thank you, Mr President. We are confident that the plan will be delivered according to the recommendations of the MDBA, and we are committed to ensuring the independence of that organisation. The Greens want to have it both ways. When an independent body recommends something they agree with, they want to sign up to it and use that independence as a crutch for their arguments. When that same independent body has a different view, they then criticise it and want to derail it. You can't have it both ways. We want to commit to this plan and we want to deliver it in a bipartisan way, working with the states. Doing so will be good for the environment.