Peter Dutton - Hunter Offshore Wind - video Dailymotion

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and Shadow Climate and Energy spokesman Ted O'Brien speak about the Hunter Offshore Wind Project.

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00:00 Thanks Ted.

00:01 Brett, firstly, thank you very much to you,

00:03 to James, the captain on the boat here,

00:04 and to the other residents, just locals.

00:07 They're small business people

00:08 and they're incredibly passionate

00:10 about their local community

00:12 and about this beautiful natural asset

00:14 that produces so much for the local community,

00:17 for tourism, for fishing, obviously.

00:20 And the proposed change to all of that way of life

00:23 is quite profound.

00:24 It's very clear to me, and it's great to be back,

00:28 it's very clear to me that this is fast growing

00:31 into a national scandal.

00:33 The government hasn't done the work.

00:34 They haven't undertaken the environmental impact statements

00:38 that need to be undertaken in any other

00:40 like development onshore.

00:43 We know that, as we saw today,

00:46 pods of dolphins or whales,

00:49 40,000 whales moved through those waters.

00:53 Commercial fishermen, the rock lobster fishermen,

00:56 the tourism here is quite phenomenal.

00:59 And for Chris Bowen and Meryl Swanson

01:02 and Emma McBride and others,

01:05 just to have absolute disregard for the local community,

01:08 I think is a national disgrace.

01:10 And what Chris Bowen is proposing to do here.