Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Finance and Administration) Share this | Hansard source

It appears that the Greens and, to an extent, the Democrats—but particularly the Greens—think that all industry is bad and it is out there basically to pollute, destroy the environment, gobble up resources and just have no heed for anything that might be in the public or the environmental interest. I remind honourable senators that energy is a significant cost for these businesses.