House debates

Tuesday, 25 August 2020

Questions without Notice

COVID-19: Economy

2:14 pm

Photo of Adam BandtAdam Bandt (Melbourne, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Warnings from Australia's top climate scientists today reinforce the danger of a gas-led COVID recovery, because the leaking of methane from gas production and pipelines has destroyed the gas cartel's claim that gas is cleaner than coal. There's now widespread opposition to your gas plan, including from former Premier of New South Wales Bob Carr, who says, 'If gas leaks at more than a rate of three per cent, it’s worse than coal.' Prime Minister, do you agree with Bob Carr, and isn't your plan for a so-called gas-led COVID recovery now in tatters?

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