Senate debates

Thursday, 17 October 2019

Questions without Notice

Budget

2:19 pm

Photo of Peter Whish-WilsonPeter Whish-Wilson (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Speaking of shocks, just yesterday the IMF also called the governments internationally to borrow to build, including to fund infrastructure investment to address climate change. Minister, if we're not yet in an economic emergency, we are in a climate emergency. Why won't you use the government's borrowing capacity to build the clean energy future that would address the economic woes this country faces as well as the current climate emergency?

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