Tim Watts (Gellibrand, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Today we saw the final capitulation of the Prime Minister to the member for Warringah. The man who famously said that he would not lead a party that was not as committed to effective action on climate change as he was has today dumped the clean energy target recommended by his own chief scientist in response to a review set up by his own government. This was a policy that he said would 'certainly work', a policy his energy minister said would reduce electricity bills, a policy supported by Australian business groups, Australian energy companies, energy regulators and environment groups and a policy supported by the Australian Labor Party, who has been trying to work with the government to cement a bipartisan approach to Australia's energy crisis. But it wasn't supported by the member for Warringah, and so it wasn't supported by the troglodytes in the coalition party room. The cave dwellers with their pet rocks knocked it on the head. And what are we left with? The talented Mr Turnbull destroyed Prime Minister Abbott only to become him. Will the Prime Minister—

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