David Pocock (ACT, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, how can Australians believe that the Albanese government is serious about climate change when you're saying that you won't rule out this legislation facilitating the expansion of the fossil fuel industry when climate scientists are saying that, if we do that, that's 1.5 to two degrees gone, that's the Great Barrier Reef gone? What do you say to them? At least the coalition are more honest about it. We have Labor telling us you're taking it seriously and then putting this sort of junk legislation through the Senate with the support of the coalition. How can we take the Labor government seriously, if you want to spruik what you're doing on the transition, but you won't listen to climate scientists when it comes to the need to not expand the fossil fuel industry?