Zali Steggall (Warringah, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Your government is insisting on wasting $600 million of public money on a gas power plant that doesn't stack up at a time of record debt and that has been rejected by the market. Yesterday the government quietly tabled an instrument to drill for oil and gas in the Beetaloo basin, despite the International Energy Agency stating no new oil and gas projects can occur if we are to keep global warming to below 1.5 degrees. Is your government having a bet each way and gaslighting the international community and the Australian public by saying it wants to get to net zero as soon as possible? (Time expired)

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