Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility Amendment Bill 2026

Senator ALLMAN-PAYNE (Queensland) (12:50): Thank you for mentioning the Alpha HPA project. It is a fantastic project in Gladstone, a community that recognises that we do need to transition to renewable energy—and that's why Gladstone Regional Council was one of the first councils in the country to have a transition road map—but I'm struggling to follow the logic.

If I heard you correctly, you talked about the investment mandate and said that it has to take into account sustainability and climate change, and then the example that you gave of a project that's being funded is a non-fossil-fuel project. Is it your position that the Greens amendment is inconsistent then with the mandate for the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility?

Otherwise, I fail to see what the government's reasoning is for not excluding fossil fuel and native forest logging projects.