Michelle Landry (Capricornia, National Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I rise today to encourage the move away from net zero and expose the dark truth behind Labor's reckless rush to renewables and their unrealistic net zero target, a plan that is destroying the very environment it claims to protect. Across regional Queensland, untouched landscapes are being bulldozed in the name of green energy. Leading conservationist Steven Nowakowski has warned that Australia's push to net zero is fuelling a wave of environmental destruction. He said, 'We can't destroy biodiversity to save the planet.' This reckless rollout has no transparency and is driven by ideology. Labor's reckless renewables aren't clean or green, and they certainly aren't humane. Contained within the Clarke Creek Wind Farm Biodiversity management plan is one of the most disturbing admissions I've ever read. When it comes to unviable injured animals like koalas, it states:

Euthanasia will be conducted using blunt force trauma … a hard, sharp blow to the base of the skull with a blunt metal or heavy wooden bar.

This is the reality of Labor's renewable agenda: blunt brutality disguised as progress. We need an energy policy that moves beyond net zero and towards a policy that is cheaper, better and fairer for all Australians.