Matthew Canavan (Queensland, Liberal National Party) Share this | Hansard source

It's clearly a hit-and-hope strategy. Last week, Minister, you said in question time that the big obstacle to transmission projects was 'silly billies stoking fear in the regions'. The Victorian farmer Rachel McIntyre has said: 'It's going to be difficult to farm underneath these transmission lines. We have a lot of legal operations we now need to consider, even just to do our daily tasks.' Does the minister believe that farmers like Ms McIntyre are an obstacle to the government's plans?