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

I hear the interjections from the Greens senators there—always making a constructive contribution on behalf of their activist arm that we saw outside parliament, vandalising this place today. But, unlike the Greens, we actually believe that when you take these measures you need to do them in an economically responsible way.

An honourable senator interjecting—

I do. One of the other areas we are supporting is climate resilience in the Pacific. We are doing that through significant investments of hundreds of millions of dollars. If we were to take the Greens' advice and destroy our economy tomorrow on the altar of their climate goals, we wouldn't be able to support our Pacific partners. So we're doing our bit. We're working with international partners to lower emissions to see more investment in renewables, but we'll do it in a way that is sustainable for our economy and jobs as well.