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

You would like to think that most of us in this chamber would support jobs and support investments in great Australian industries like the Australian coal industry, which is our nation's largest export, but unfortunately the Australian Labor Party, who used to apparently represent workers and labourers and people who like to work outside, don't do that anymore. In their Climate Change Action Plan, the Labor Party say they support the 'orderly transition' away from the coal-fired-power industry. Indeed, in the Labor Party's policy platform—this is a direct quote—they say:

Labor will establish a Just Transition Unit in the Department of Environment to co-ordinate—

this transition. So, Mr President—