Pat Conroy (Shortland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

This is the calibre of the government's energy spokesperson. This is a man who denies the science of climate change, based on the fact that he read diary of Watkin Tench, a First Fleet officer, which recorded that it was hot when the First Fleet landed in 1788. The scientific basis for the government's energy policy is that a First Fleet officer said it was hot in January in Sydney. Stop the presses! This is the calibre of the government. What a pity, what an absolute shame and disgrace, that not only is the member for Hughes their first speaker, he is also chair of the government's backbench committee on environment!

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