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

As you have pointed out, there is yet to be an environmental impact statement undertaken in relation to this development, and that is something that will occur in due course. I know that Minister Plibersek will oversee that in her usual very professional fashion. Very often, those sorts of environmental assessments do consider the sorts of health issues that you're talking about. We are fully committed, as we are with any project, to making sure that the environmental sustainability of projects is fully assessed before they are approved.

More broadly, as you may be aware, Senator Pocock, the Albanese government has made climate change a national health priority.