Zed Seselja (ACT, Liberal Party, Minister for International Development and the Pacific) Share this | Hansard source

We know that it's technology and not taxes that will drive down emissions while at the same time creating jobs and ensuring we have the affordable, reliable energy we need. That's why we've introduced these new ARENA regulations, which will enable more investment in the technologies that have been identified in the investment road map. They are the technologies we need to ensure reliable and dispatchable power, yet Labor and the Greens want to block these investments in clean energy technology and the jobs they create. It's hard to comprehend, but it is happening. So perhaps it's time for the Leader of the Opposition, instead of sneaking into coalmines in Queensland, to take the advice of the member for Hunter, who last week said:

Labor should just back whatever the government puts on the table. To do otherwise is to suggest we are not genuinely committed to action on climate change …

The member for Hunter is right and the Leader of the Opposition is wrong. Labor doesn't support technology, because they simply want more— (Time expired)