Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation) Share this | Hansard source

What a ramble of a supplementary question, but the answers would be, in order: no, no, false, even more false and wrong. What I say to the honourable senator is simply this: you know that the throughput of the pulp mill is not the only material being burnt. It will be the waste material not used in making the paper that you use each and every day. It is a waste product that will help fire and make renewable energy. That is the great thing about this—subject to other environmental factors, this pulp mill has every possibility of being a win-win for the economy, for jobs in Tasmania and, most importantly, for the environment and renewable energy. It is about time Senator Brown got his thinking into the 21st century. (Time expired)