Senate debates

Thursday, 16 November 2017

Questions without Notice

Adani Carmichael Coalmine

2:19 pm

Photo of Richard Di NataleRichard Di Natale (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, the letter to the Chinese government says the Adani coalmine will be 'a major contributor to the environmental aspirations of the Asia-Pacific region'. Minister, why is the government ignoring our Pacific island neighbours, who actually are in our region, whose islands are shrinking underwater and who have also made it clear at Bonn that they stand with the Queensland community and with the Greens in opposing that climate-destroying, reef-killing coalmine?

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