Chris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Energy) Share this | Hansard source

which shows Australians will be $2,000 better off with net zero. It showed that Western Australia was estimated to see 34,000 new jobs in mining and heavy industry by 2025 under a net zero plan. So net zero is good for Australia and good for Western Australia.

Now, the honourable member for Tangney asked me what policies might take Western Australia backwards. Any attempt to unwind net zero would take Western Australia backwards. I'm unfortunately obliged to tell the House that we've seen some attempts to do that. The Western Australia Liberal Party state council voted against net zero. The Leader of the Opposition in Western Australia came out and disassociated himself from that, which earned him an attack from the member for Canning.

The member for Canning will undermine any leader of the opposition that he can find. He's taking a practice run in Perth for what he intends to do in Canberra sometime in the next 12 months, as we all know. He loves undermining leaders of the opposition with his agenda. His agenda is anti net zero, but his constituents have a different view. His constituents are taking up net zero and they're taking up cheaper renewable energy. I know the member for Canning doesn't like that, but then again the member for Canning doesn't like the current leadership arrangements of the opposition either. But we'll continue to deliver for the Australian people.

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