Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Mr President. First of all, Senator Waters should be aware that this was not the government denying leave; this was me exercising my right as a private senator to deny leave on yet another Greens motion seeking to denigrate my state of Queensland. The Newman government won an overwhelming majority at the last election on the basis of development, including the development of coalmines, in Queensland and the development of Abbot Point. The Greens simply cannot accept this. The Greens, who have no members in the Queensland parliament, no members at all, seek to determine the Queensland government's decisions on what the Queensland government should do with Queensland government assets. Every time I can point out the hypocrisy and uselessness of the Greens, I will.