Senate debates

Tuesday, 12 September 2023

Questions without Notice

Environment: Swift Parrots

2:25 pm

Photo of Penny WongPenny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Senator, your position is: stop native forest logging. That's your position. I respect it. I disagree with it, but I respect it. So if I'm responding by saying that isn't the government's position then that is entirely relevant. One of the things I have never understood, given where I come from, is why it has been the position of the Greens political party that it's alright to have logging offshore in countries with lower levels of regulation than it is in Australia. And I can say that with first-hand experience— (Time expired)

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