Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

The only ones blinded in this place are, of course, the Greens sitting in that corner over there, who would shut down all resources projects and all mining projects and who would stand against all investment wherever they could. The real threat to Australia is, of course, that, should there be a future Labor government again beholden to the Greens, we know full well that, when push comes to shove, a future Labor government would bow to the wishes of the Greens and would block investment projects, the types of projects that can create jobs and prosperity for regional Australia.

When it comes to global emissions, our government makes commitments on behalf of Australia and delivers upon them. We have made commitments to work to ensure that, in relation to Australia's 2020 emissions targets, we will not only meet them but exceed them. We will exceed them by a projected 300 million tonnes. We'll do that while still seeing increased investment across the nation. In terms of that investment, we want to see jobs. We're unashamed about supporting jobs. We'll keep supporting jobs. (Time expired)