Bill Heffernan (NSW, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I withdraw that. I ask that we put aside the baloney of politics and sort it out, because this will become an entrenched rort which will act against the best interests of the community. It will act against the best interests of food production. It will just become an accountants’ goldmine. There is absolutely no way in this legislation, Minister, that you can prevent me from planting trees and, the year after I collect the tax deduction, ploughing them in. It will be a national disgrace if we allow this parliament to pass this legislation in the full knowledge that it is completely and fundamentally flawed. Put aside the politics, put your thinking caps on and let us fix it.