Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

A great man, thank you Senator Scarr. We also understand that coal has a role. I was very excited today to see that the New South Wales state government has lifted the moratorium on uranium, so watch this space. We have really exciting technological solutions for our country which are going to put world-class science to the task of low-emission, high-energy production that will power our communities and our industries going forward.

Senator McMahon interjecting—

Absolutely—thank you so much, Senator McMahon from the NT. You've got a lot of uranium at your place. I'm proud we're delivering on that election commitment. I know that everybody is excited to talk about how we're doing that, and I thank the minister. I know that Michelle Landry in Central Queensland, in Rockhampton, was out today on this particular topic and I know that Senator Matt Canavan is incredibly passionate about this project.

We hope that the feasibility study stacks up. But, if it doesn't, then we'll make the sensible decision about how to use our taxpayer dollars. At least we'll have the facts at hand instead of blindly following the religion of catastrophic climate change and also not fully appreciating doing due diligence with taxpayers' money. We understand that the public has a right to go to work in sustainable, exciting and long-term careers out in the regions. That includes in the mining industry, and it is very tragic that tonight, as we debate the future of mining in this country, we could not find one Queensland senator from a great mining state actually stand up here and put their voice to this motion.