Senate debates
Monday, 17 March 2014
Bills
Clean Energy Legislation (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013, Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013, Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Import Levy) (Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013, Ozone Protection and Synthetic Greenhouse Gas (Manufacture Levy) Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013, True-up Shortfall Levy (General) (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013, True-up Shortfall Levy (Excise) (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013, Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013, Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Tax Repeal) Bill 2013, Clean Energy (Income Tax Rates and Other Amendments) Bill 2013; In Committee
8:58 pm
Carol Brown (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Families and Payments) Share this | Hansard source
I have a number of questions that I would like to put to the 'Dorian Gray of climate change', the parliamentary secretary, who we know previously supported an emissions trading scheme but has obviously been rolled into supporting what nearly everyone in this country believes to be a dud of a policy, and that is Direct Action. I have a couple of questions, but I think it is important to point out that Senator Birmingham, in his response, did not answer any of the questions that have been put to him.
He may want to say that people are filibustering but the senators in here have put relevant questions to the parliamentary secretary, and what he did in his contribution of 10 or so minutes was just to again slur the opposition. This is the MO of the government. This is what they do. They do not have robust policies. They use one-liners or they embark on personal attacks. That is what we see here tonight.
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