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

I am going to take issue with the little aside which preceded the question and the suggestion that somehow this government is akin to big tobacco in the argument we have used. This government has led the world when it comes to taking on big tobacco, and for once the Greens could actually acknowledge that instead of trying to play politics. For once you could actually acknowledge that, because that is the position that the government has taken; across the board, that has been the approach that the health minister has taken. It has gone and been fought all the way to the High Court. We are very pleased with the decision that was handed down and the position that this government has taken, which is to be a world leader when it comes to taking on this important public health issue.