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

The minister applies the law that this parliament has passed—that's the first point. Secondly, the minister has been ticking off renewable energy projects at record rates and is stripping coal and gas projects to which the senator refers by around seven-to-one, and record numbers of renewable energy projects are in the approval pipeline. We have greenlit 54 renewable projects in just over two years—enough to power more than three million Australian homes. The minister is doing an outstanding job, and I appreciate that you have to make political statements, but the fact simply does apply.