Madeleine King (Brand, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for her question. I'd like to let the member know that imposing new costs on the gas industry would freeze gas production in this country, and a tax on gas exports, as has been proposed by those opposite in the last election, would discourage investment in the new supply we need to back up our transition to net zero. We need gas as a firming capacity for renewables, whether they be solar or wind. This is what the International Energy Agency says and it's what AEMO says, as well as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Many, many highly reputable global institutions that look at these matters agree there is a role for gas in net zero. But, really importantly, we have worked and we have legislated—

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