Linda Reynolds (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I, too, rise to speak on this urgency motion moved by the Greens. I agree, it is a matter of urgency, but the urgency has been demonstrated very clearly by Senator Cox, because it is the Greens that are the danger to Australia's economy and to the world's energy security. Let's strip away all of the hyperbole and the rhetoric and have a look at the facts about gas, the North West Shelf, and the company that they continue to demonise and encourage illegal acts against.

Let's have a look at the facts. It is a fact that the Greens' energy policies are reckless, anti-Western Australian and anti-Australia's interests. They are hurting the economy and they are destroying the livelihoods of thousands of hardworking Australians, particularly in our home state of Western Australia. This demonising, with the help of their Environmental Defenders Office—the cat has well and truly been belled on your involvement and the duplicity of your involvement with those organisations.

Let's have a look at some of the facts. Natural gas is a critical part of the energy mix.