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

Thank you, Senator Stewart. Renewables are cheap, clean and provide a valuable source of income for regional Australians, but, of course, the biggest risk to this income source is the coalition's risky nuclear gamble led by the new advocate of Soviet-style policies, Mr Dutton. That's right. 'Proletariat Pete' is not content with chasing away the thousands of jobs being created in our regions through cheap renewable energy—