Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Minister for Regional Communications) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Farrell, I'm sorry that you made your way into question time without actually seeing the press conference by the Deputy Prime Minister; the minister for resources; the Leader of the Nationals in the Senate; the agriculture minister; and me—indeed, the entire cabinet team of the National Party—about 45 minutes ago. We stood as one, post our National Party party room meeting, fully endorsing the Prime Minister's announcement and the cabinet decision last night. And, as one, the National Party have been fighting for affordable, reliable energy across this country. We believe that the initiatives outlined by the Prime Minister this morning face the political reality we are in—that is, the only alternative here is the Labor Party's energy policy, based on an emissions target of 45 per cent and a renewable energy target of 50 per cent. If you think 26 per cent is a problem, go down your path. Your modelling is based on Greenpeace modelling, according to your own energy shadow minister. What a joke! (Time expired)