Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Northern and Remote Australia) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Mr Deputy President. Senator Hanson-Young will find that people do actually take an interest in democracy—and, increasingly, the emails coming through to me are saying how hypocritical the Greens political party are. On the one hand, this morning, they were railing against leave being given to go away and, on the other hand, voting with the Australian Labor Party to shut down this parliament three days early so that they can go on a jaunt to South Africa. I think that is hypocrisy in the extreme on the part of the Greens political party. Their retribution will come at the next election. If they had any principles they would vote with the opposition to facilitate an early election so the people of Australia can have a view on the carbon tax bills and on the Labor Party's propensity to ram bills through this parliament without debate.

Question agreed to.