Jason Falinski (Mackellar, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Australia needs an Albanese government like it needs another hole in the head. That's how bad that idea is! The fact of the matter remains that I can only conclude, having to listen to this detritus of a debate, that those opposite hate Australians and hate Australia. They love Canada. What's happened to Canada's emissions? That's right; they went up by one per cent. What happened to Australia's emissions? They've gone down by 20 per cent. They love New Zealand over there. Their emissions went down by, that's right, one per cent. In Australia they've gone down by 20 per cent.

Those opposite say they don't want to hear slogans; they want action. Well, we've done it. We've done something they could never ever do. When Kevin Rudd was Prime Minister he called this 'the great moral challenge of our time'—you may remember that, Deputy Speaker Llew O'Brien. And what did he do after that? He said: 'It's too hard. I'll see you later.' That's the Labor way: the minute it gets hard, they disappear, because they never want to be held accountable. They want to be in government but they don't want any of the responsibility.

I listened carefully to the member for Robertson, who continues to complain about PEP-11. Let me tell you, member for Robertson: I didn't hear you complaining in 1999 when the Labor state government under Bob Carr gave them a licence—

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