Bob Day (SA, Family First Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I genuinely commiserate with these 400 plus people who have lost their jobs in Port Augusta, Leigh Creek and the Mid North region of my home state of South Australia, but I do not accept for one second the Greens' false empathy and crocodile tears inherent in this motion. The closure of these baseload-energy-producing enterprises is not a consequence of Greens' energy policy—this was their objective. The Greens have made no secret at all of their determination to destroy the jobs and livelihoods of these energy workers. So, please, spare us the crocodile tears and stop destroying people's livelihoods.

Question agreed to.