Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Education and Training) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Milne does like to come into this place and play judge, jury and executioner when it comes to the full assessment of these debates. Clearly her word is final in these matters. But what she says is not the case. Firstly, as I said in the original answer, and Senator Milne should appreciate this, the regional forest agreements act outside, in a sense, of the terms of the EPBC Act. Senator Milne, you appreciate how that works. You have every capacity, through the Greens, to prosecute your arguments in Tasmania with the Tasmanian government if you wish. This government is serious about supporting Tasmania in the creation of new jobs and new economic activity, while taking our responsibility seriously for the protection of threatened species, and that is exactly what we will continue to do with our policies but without it being to the detriment of the future of the Tasmanian economy.