Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Thanks, Senator Rice. Well, as we have come to understand from the Greens, they always insist on action to occur yesterday, without thinking about the consequences. The Greens have no plan—we haven't heard Senator Rice or anyone from the Greens tell us where we would obtain timber products that we would need if we were to abolish native forestry immediately in the way she calls for. We haven't had any word from the Greens about where the jobs would come from to replace the jobs abolished. But that's okay, because the Greens never have to think about these things. They're not a party of government. They can go out there and make outlandish claims that do not—