Tanya Plibersek (Sydney, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment and Water) Share this | Hansard source

Of course, land clearing is an issue that both state and territory and Commonwealth governments need to address. I'll tell you what: you don't avoid land clearing by building the coalmines that those opposite say we should be replacing renewable energy projects with. You'd rather not build renewable energy. I'm proud of the fact that I am part of a government that has legislated a pathway to net zero. Those opposite had 22 separate energy policies, and they didn't land one of them.

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