Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I refer to the minister’s comment in this morning’s Australian Financial Review. He said, ‘No-one in their right mind would propose saving every single last bit of heritage on the peninsula unless they want to close down the economic development of Australia.’ Does the minister actually believe that locating industry at alternative sites, as BHP has done at Onslow, will really close down economic development in Australia? If so, what process will the minister be following to decide what proportion of Australia’s heritage is expendable?