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Legislative Council - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
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Climate Change

The Hon. M.C. PARNELL (14:56): Thank you, Mr President. Does the minister recall what other advice David Suzuki gave to South Australia in relation to our state becoming the world's nuclear waste dump and our state potentially being part of allowing BP to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight? To be quite specific, does the minister recall that David Suzuki's advice on both questions was, 'Don't do it'?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change) (14:56): I thank the honourable member for his very important question, and I draw his attention and that of the chamber to the Greens having stolen the South Australian Labor Party's policy in their press release:

RENEW AUSTRALIA—A vision for South Australia

Powering the new economy and creating jobs for the future

It's fantastic that the Greens have actually caught up with what the Labor government is doing in this area and supporting our position. The release says:

Transitioning to clean energy is the key to unlocking South Australia's economic potential and combating global warming.

The Greens would help South Australia power the economy—

That's great that they want to help South Australia. I don't see how they can presently do that from their low numbers at the moment, but it is great to have an ambition like 2036. They might be in government before the Liberals under Steven Marshall might be. They could get there before 2036. The release continues:

The Greens would help South Australia power the economy on 100% clean energy and create jobs for the 21st century.

It's fantastic that at the very bottom of the release they give credit to our state in glorious glowing terms. They say, 'Our state is already leading the way in Australia thanks to Premier Jay Weatherill's initiatives.' Actually, they don't say that; I corrected it. I put that in because that is what should be in the release:

Our state is already leading the way in Australia [thanks to the initiatives of Premier Jay Weatherill] and with further investment we can become world leaders…

It sounds familiar because it's what we are already doing.

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