Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

It is true that we were blocked in this place three times from putting a price on carbon. It is also true, as the opposition well knows, that we formed government as a minority government and the Australian people voted for the parliament we have. So, yes, we acknowledge we are prepared to work with the Independents and with the crossbenchers to get an outcome which is in the national interest. It might seem passing strange to those opposite that we would be prepared to work with the parliament to do something in the national interest. That is because you are entirely disinterested in the national interest.