Senate debates
Thursday, 12 September 2019
Motions
Economy
4:15 pm
Gerard Rennick (Queensland, Liberal Party) | Hansard source
Shameful! What have we got? We've got the sale of Queensland Motorways and the port at Abbot Point in 2011; the sale of QR National, the Port of Brisbane and forestry plantations in 2010; the sale of the Cairns and Mackay airports and the Brisbane Airport in 2008; and the sale of wind energy assets in 2007. Why would you sell your wind energy assets if you believe in reducing carbon emissions? It doesn't make any sense. Then there is the sale of gas assets: Golden Casket, Powerdirect and Sun Gas in 2007; and Sun Retail and Allgas in 2006. What's so sad about this is that, after basically selling all of the Queensland assets, shutting down the maternity wards, amalgamating the councils—
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