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

Senator Whiteaker is right. The Narrogin Wind Farm, in Western Australia's Wheatbelt, was approved by the Albanese government on 1 May, and it's expected to generate enough power for 130,000 homes. It is sad, though, to see projects like this not being supported by everyone in Western Australia. As I mentioned yesterday, over the weekend we all saw Senator Cash up to no good, backing an anti-net-zero motion at the Western Australian Liberal conference. When her party leader, Sussan Ley, is desperately trying to hold her party room together, why would the Liberal Senate leader be so publicly opposed to her own leader? News Ltd columnist James Campbell had a bit to say about this. He said, 'To some of her colleagues, the way the WA senator is behaving is reminiscent of how Nick Minchin did everything he could to make Malcolm Turnbull's life hell when he was the Liberal leader in 2009.' So, rather than the coalition Senate leader bringing good policy up, she's working to bring the coalition leader down.