Mehreen Faruqi (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

The Greens oppose this motion. Another day, another motion from the National Party spruiking coal. They are a broken record. The Hunter Valley community deserves better than to be wheeled out as fodder for the stunts by the Nationals, the party of the coal lobby. The people of the Hunter Valley know there is no future in coal. They know the only reliable thing about coal is that it will deepen the climate crisis, it will poison land, water and air and it will end up a stranded asset. The community isn't interested in the Nationals' love letters to the coal industry. They want to see a coherent plan for a clean, healthy, jobs-rich future where no-one is left behind in a just transition away from coal.