Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

As the senator knows, our plan was costed by Treasury. The compensation package was costed. It has all been out on the public record for months and months. We have debated this twice in this parliament. On two occasions it was your intention to vote for it. Now you have joined the climate deniers, Senator Birmingham. The Liberal Party is no longer; it is back to being the conservative party. The deniers like Senator Minchin are in charge, Mr Abbott describes climate change as ‘crap’, and now you pretend you have got a policy to deal with it. The Australian taxpayers know you are going to spend $11 billion of their money, with no compensation.