QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator McKIM (Tasmania—Australian Greens Whip) (14:49): Well, Professor Samuel recommended scrapping the loophole. Minister, deforestation is also driven by the continuous-use exemption for land clearing, which, coupled with underenforcement of illegal land clearing, has resulted in about one million hectares of land cleared in Queensland alone since Labor took office.

Why is your government not closing that gaping loophole?