Barnaby Joyce (New England, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for her question. I support 100 per cent our process of going to Glasgow for the target of net zero emissions. I do that because I clearly laid out the process of how the National Party would deliberate over this. I clearly laid out a process that was never given to regional members of the Labor Party. That process, of course, is that our position would not be determined by the executive, it would not be determined by one person; it would be determined by the views of the party members—and yesterday they did precisely that. The position is settled and we're going forward as a coalition government to make sure we do the very best.

It's really important that we've got to that position. I'll tell you why. There is a difference in policies. We believe in technology; they believe in legislation. They believe in laws; we believe in technology. They believe in legislation because legislation outlaws things. And they're going to be the greatest outlaw since Billy the Kid. They're going to outlaw Central Queensland. They're going to outlaw the Hunter Valley. They're going to outlaw the coal industry. They're going to outlaw the miners. They've said they're coming forward with legislation.

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