Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment and Water) Share this | Hansard source

As I've already said publicly on a number of occasions, I as the environment minister and, I think, all Australians, particularly South Australians, are extremely concerned by the toxic algal bloom that currently sits in South Australian waters. That is why our government this week approved $14 million, being half of a $28 million support package, for South Australia to support their leadership of the response to this algal bloom.

I'm not entirely sure what the Greens' position is as it relates to net zero or emissions, but the reality is that our policy is about supporting net zero by 2050 but in the meantime reducing emissions. Of course, we have a legislated target of 43 per cent, and we'll be announcing a new target this year, but the safeguard mechanism, for example—something the Greens said was okay when they voted for it—is already requiring these kinds of projects to reduce their emissions. If you disagreed with that then, you should have voted against it. You voted for it, so you must— (Time expired)