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

The honourable member referred to the statements of the Premier about the willingness to act in coordination, which is exactly what this Prime Minister is doing by convening a National Cabinet with said premiers and what I am doing by convening meetings with said energy ministers. That's what coordination means—coordinating the action we have taken and coordinating further action together. That is exactly what we are doing. It is exactly what we have done. I'll say it again: if those opposite want to engage in a little bit of patriotism for a change, instead of partisanship, they can make just one constructive suggestion—for the first time.

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