Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I will not delay the chamber but I think it is interesting that the coalition have been out overnight saying that their greatest achievement in this was the decoupling of the legislation. Either it is decoupled or it is not. Senator Joyce now believes it is not. So either the coalition were duped or they did not understand it, or Senator Joyce is wrong. I would like the minister to clarify: did the government dupe the coalition and this is in fact linked, or have they decoupled it and the Nationals do not understand it? Could we have clarity about that?