Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The government have made it very clear that we see gas as an important transition fuel as we go along on our path to get to net zero as soon as possible and preferably by 2050. The path we're on is not going to sacrifice the jobs and the livings of Australians all around this country. We believe it can be achieved in concert. That's why the plans we've put in place to secure energy resources that are reliable and affordable to support industry and support households have been put in place, and they include ensuring that when the Liddell power station comes to its conclusion, as will many other plants over time, we can ensure that the heavy industries that rely on those, in particular the Tomago Aluminium smelter, will be able to keep people in work and that we can continue to ensure the electricity and the power that we provide around this country, whether it's up in Gladstone or down in Portland or up in the Hunter or in any of these places. We will not allow our path to net zero to take their jobs and rob this country of heavy industry.

Those opposite don't agree with us, and I respect the fact that the member for Warringah also doesn't agree with us, but there is one member opposite who does agree with us, and that's the member for Hunter. He says it's a gas plant that will keep Tomago Aluminium—

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