John Williams (NSW, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

No, what we were talking about was this. He travelled in an aeroplane with a Greens senator who carried a leather handbag—and flew in an aeroplane made of aluminium, from bauxite, and lots of electricity. The hypocrisy is amazing, it really is. Let's talk about the EPBC Act.

Honourable senators interjecting—

I have livened them up on my right! That's good. Who introduced the act? Answer the question.

An honourable senator: John Howard!

Senator Robert Hill, a Liberal senator in this place, introduced the act to protect the environment. It is as simple as that. I know the truth hurts you—