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

by leave—As to the responsibility for the habitat of the swift parrot, the buck stops right with the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, the Hon. Peter Garrett, and the Rudd government. They cannot wash their hands of that responsibility under a national law and international responsibility and treaty obligations, as the minister has just tried to do. That is totally unacceptable from the government.

Question put.