Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

I think what we've witnessed here over the last 20 minutes and in fact are still continuing to see as Senator Canavan leaves the chamber is that this whole debate about the future of coal and about the Adani mine in Queensland has really just become a culture war between the Greens on the one hand and the National Party on the other, designed purely to raise their vote in elections. It's actually not about the people of Queensland. It's actually not about people's jobs. It's not about the environment. It's actually just something that's being used as a tool by both of the extremes in politics—the Greens on the far left and the National Party on the far right—to whip up their vote at the expense of most Queenslanders. Frankly, I'm getting a bit tired of this just being used as a culture war