Simon Kennedy (Cook, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker; understood. Industry and environmental groups alike agree: this bill fails both business and the environment. It won't speed up approvals or create confidence. It will simply tie up investment in process, while doing very little to achieve practical outcomes.

The coalition supports strong, clear environmental standards, but they must be practical. We have a proud history of doing this, whether it was John Howard creating the marine parks that surround our beautiful continent and keep our sea life and coral reefs protected and enshrine them for generations to come, or whether it was the Morrison government or the Abbott government actually bringing this government to sign up to Paris—

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