Matt O'Sullivan (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

I realise that I've only got a minute to discuss this very important bill that is before this place, the Environment Protection Reform Bill 2025. This is a wasted opportunity for this government to finally deal with the impasses that businesses and projects are facing right across this country, particularly in my home state of Western Australia. What we have seen is the Albanese government look in the face of Western Australians and say: 'Too bad. You're not going to get the projects that you need for your prosperity.' He's done a deal with the Greens, a deal that we don't even know the details of, and we're about to guillotine this debate when we don't even know exactly what these amendments are.

It is absolutely appalling. It is appalling for the Premier of Western Australia to call on this government and this parliament to pass these laws when we couldn't possibly even have a test of what 'unacceptable impacts' is going to mean. We couldn't possibly know what this is actually going to do, because we have not had the time to review this legislation and test with industry what is required. It is unacceptable that this is happening right here, right now. Every single person in this place, particularly on that side and particularly my Western Australian colleagues, should hang their heads in shame. (Time expired)