Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

I find it very hard to take that question seriously, because Senator Milne as the leader of the Greens is right now fighting for a windfall gain for big oil. Right now Senator Milne as the leader of the Greens is fighting to ensure that taxes collected by the government in relation to fuel excise indexation are reimbursed to fuel importers and to fuel manufacturers in Australia. We have here the leader of the Greens—unprecedented in the history of Australia—who is fighting for regular reduction in the real value on the tax on fuel, who is fighting to give a windfall gain to big oil, who is fighting for less investment in public transport. When we have the leader of the Greens coming in here with crocodile tears trying to tell the government what we are and are not doing, I find it very hard to take her seriously. I am waiting for the Greens to wake up and to prosecute regime change in the Greens. I cannot wait for a secret ballot in the Australian Greens Party.