Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, the barrier to passing the legislation is the division in the opposition party room. I would just remind them of what Mr Hunt said. I know that he is not the favourite of a number of senators, including Senator Minchin, but just last week he was telling journalists on the renewable energy legislation, ‘We like this legislation.’ He said, ‘We like this legislation.’ But what a fair weather friend Mr Hunt turned out to be. As soon as there is a whiff of dissent or controversy in the party room, they do not care about what is in the national interest, they do not care about the importance of investing in the new jobs in solar, in wave, in wind or in geothermal; all they care about is the division in their own party room. And what they are doing now is nothing. Delay and do nothing is their only answer. (Time expired)