Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question without notice is to Senator Evans representing the Prime Minister. After the emissions trading scheme legislation failed to pass the Senate earlier today, I immediately wrote to the Prime Minister recommending further negotiations and Senator Milne wrote to her counterpart, the Minister for Climate Change and Water. I ask the Prime Minister’s representative in the Senate: has the Prime Minister flagged an intention to proceed with negotiations with the Greens on legislation which the minister says will return to the parliament before the end of this year, and what is the position of the Prime Minister, as the negotiator in chief, in forwarding this matter and in responding to that letter from me?