Hollie Hughes (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy) Share this | Hansard source

That was not an answer to the question. We'll keep trying. Can you confirm—we will assume it, since you are not answering the question directly—that prohibition on CCUS investments is a direct result of the deal that Minister Husic has undertaken with the Australian Greens. Working on from that, confirming that that prohibition is because of the deal with the Greens. As you just commended Mr Walton, he has been particularly vocal about Green activists blacklisting CCUS and blue hydrogen and risking Australian jobs and significant investments. Do you accept this assessment? Why is it a prohibited investment in the NRF? If you don't accept the investment—I'm giving you two options here; you either accept it or you don't—has the Albanese government caved in to the Greens at the expense of potentially thousands of blue-collar jobs in the oil and gas industry?