Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I will try to respond to the question and not the personal suggestions about Ms Plibersek. Senator Hanson-Young is right: habitat is one of the key risks facing koalas, and that is why the minister has taken action in relation to safeguarding koalas and koala habitat. I think the advice I have in my brief is different to what you said in your primary. I'm advised that the approval includes strict conditions. No koala breeding or foraging habitat can be cleared. That is the advice that I have. I obviously don't agree with the attack on the minister, but on many of the propositions about the risk racing koalas, you are correct. The advice I have in this brief is as I've outlined. (Time expired)