Kevin Hogan (Page, National Party, Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the House) Share this | Hansard source

I hope the sun shines soon. My question is to the Minister for Climate Change and Energy. The energy minister, in his part-time role, just confirmed he signed up to an agreement which compels Australia to phase out three of our top 10 exports, including gas, coal and crude petroleum, with a combined value of $163 billion in trade. When asked yesterday about this action by the full-time president, the minister for trade said, 'I don't tell him how to run his portfolio; he certainly doesn't tell me how to run mine.' Whilst working as a part-time minister, did the full-time COP president consult the minister for trade before signing this executive order?

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