Matthew Canavan (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Minister for Resources and Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

No, I do not, Senator Di Natale, but I thank you for your question. I just want to take issue first with your description of it being 'climate destroying' and 'job killing'. Clearly, the coalmine will generate thousands of jobs in North Queensland. I do not know the last time, Mr President, that Senator Di Natale visited North Queensland, but if he had visited in the past year he would have heard from local businesses, he would have heard from tourism businesses as well, their need to have more jobs, more opportunity and more business in their communities, and he would have heard the overwhelming support for this coalmine in North Queensland. The other point—

Senator Whish-Wilson interjecting—