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

He should withdraw that, Madam Acting Deputy President. But I am not responsible for him—the opposition is. You can see the sensitivity and the vulnerability of the opposition through these interjections. What he is saying is that the impost of helping people who have been through these awesome circumstances, including the loss of many lives, ought to be put onto the shoulders of middle- and low-income earners in Australia.