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

That was an interesting attempt by Senator Fifield to muscle up, wasn't it? It is a pity he did not actually listen to my answer before reading his supplementary, because I did not refer to China and India. That is the problem with coming in and just slavishly reading out what some staffer has written for you instead of doing the work yourself.

Apart from that, what I would say is that we do believe in international linking. We believe it is important. What I find amazing is that those opposite, the economic Luddites over there, who come in here and say they do not want international linking are now telling us that we should have more of it. You are the people who say you do not want international linking. They say, We do not like trading with other countries when it comes to carbon.'