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

I am glad the minister raised the issue of Burrup because it allows me to tell him this directly in the chamber while he is listening and to set the record straight. The Greens and, I am fairly certain, Dr Lawrence and Peter Andren, because I heard them say it at the media conference today, do not oppose the development that is proposed in the north-west of WA. We oppose the development going ahead on that particular site. We have asked the minister to facilitate that development moving onto the North West Shelf joint venture site so that the development can go ahead and address the issues that he has been talking about to do with reducing greenhouse gas emissions and also so that we can save the rock carvings. I would like to firmly put that on the record while the minister is in the chamber so that he will no longer repeat the fallacy that we are opposed to that development and to exporting that gas to China. If the minister could take that on board, it would be very much appreciated.