Kate Chaney (Curtin, Independent) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

This week, the Western Australian Liberal Party state council supported a motion to abandon our net zero target for 2050, and this motion came out of the division of Canning. This brings them in line with the member for New England. Nationals policy seems to be taking over what's left of the coalition. This is an extraordinary step backwards. Once again, it's showing that members of the coalition are refusing to listen to the message of the last two elections. Returning to the climate wars is economic sabotage and a political own goal. They're turning their backs on the prosperity, health and wellbeing of our children.

Businesses and investors are ready and willing to invest in industries of the future, but they need policy certainty, not mixed messages coming from our politicians. We have the best renewable resources in the world, and we can build a future powered by the sun and the wind. We have an abundance of critical minerals that the world wants and experience building big projects. Not many countries have as bright a future as we do in a net zero world, but that is only if we reach out and grab these opportunities. This is a future that the people of Curtin and most Australians are fighting for. The coalition as a whole must decide if it's in favour of Australia having a flourishing economic future on a liveable planet or against it.