Lee Rhiannon (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I acknowledge the interjections from the opposition benches because I think they really do need to come to terms with what their colleagues in Victoria are doing and with the fact that their own policies are using public money to subsidise an industry that is not profitable. It is a highly unprofitable industry that should not be allowed to continue.

We really need to ensure that we are not the generation that allows the demise of so much of our wonderful wildlife. That is a message that is coming through in much of the correspondence that I know is circulating in Victoria as the awareness of this destructive policy builds. It is a matter that we believe the federal government has the responsibility to act on. It should not just hide behind weak federal environmental laws and flick it off to the state.

Question agreed to.