Senate debates

Tuesday, 23 February 2016

Committees

Joint Select Committee on Northern Australia; Report

5:29 pm

Photo of Doug CameronDoug Cameron (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

This really demonstrates the absolute incompetence of the Liberal and National parties understanding the implications of climate change on building this nation, especially in the area of the Northern Territory. I have just gone through what the Bureau of Meteorology is saying will happen in the Northern Territory and I have just told you what the CSIRO is saying, but you want to blindly ignore these challenges. You can do as many reports on aquaculture and you can build as many dams in the Northern Territory as you like, but you have to deal with the reality of climate change and its implications on the Northern Territory and on Australia in general. So I am very—

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