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

We learned last time, in trying to work with the Liberal-National Party for a constructive public policy outcome, they let us and the Australian public down. We were unable to legislate, after three attempts to get the legislation passed by the Senate. What the Prime Minister did the other day was to announce the framework which would be applied in our moving to a price on carbon—the time frame—and we will seek to build community and parliamentary support to achieve that.