Tim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Industry and Innovation) Share this | Hansard source

It was a very good question, and the truth is that the part of Australia that is hurt most because of the extreme advocacy of Senator Canavan and his colleagues in the National Party and the extreme parts of the Liberal Party is regional Australia. That's where they're out undermining jobs, undermining investment and undermining blue-collar work. There are some over there who actually understand it. Senator McLachlan knows this. He said:

As a young lawyer practising in Port Augusta, I witnessed the consequences of economic disruption and the resulting social impacts … Rather than debating whether we should have targets, we should be debating how best to bring our people with us and assist them during the transition.

That is at least remotely sensible. I look forward to more of Senator Canavan's net zero obsession. (Time expired)