Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I might speak to both of Senator Leyonhjelm's amendments since they have been put as amendments to Senator Cameron's amendments. I will indicate the Australian Greens position on them both at the same time, just to save a bit of time. With respect to Senator Leyonhjelm's acknowledgement that there needs to be transparency, and therefore agreeing with some of what Senator Cameron has produced, we strongly agree that there needs to be a much greater degree of transparency, but the Australian Greens go further. When we talk about transparency, it is not simply about tabling inadequate documents; it is about giving this chamber the opportunity to review some of those decisions, which come at enormous cost to taxpayers. Quite frankly, this is an expression, in my view, of distrust in the way that this government is handling infrastructure disbursements and the way that the former Howard government handled them—basically parachuting vast—