Nationals MP Keith Pitt claims Labor is ashamed of Australia’s energy sector and the Greens want to “destroy it” after Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek blocked a coal mine project, which was the first-ever refusal of a mine under national laws.
“When it comes to Labor, don’t listen to what they say, look at what they do,” he told Sky News host Chris Kenny.
“Tanya Plibersek, as the Environment Minister, has called in 18 projects worth over $100 billion investment which were approved and now they are not.”
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