Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

The Australian Greens talking about mainstream: I think I have heard it all now! Really, for the Australian Greens to pretend that they represent mainstream is a new revelation. I like the ambition of the new Leader of the Australian Greens to get the Australian Greens somewhere into the mainstream, but I have news for him—there are many economic commentators who have seen the rationale of the government's approach and have seen the very importance of us taking our task seriously by reducing per capita emissions by 50 per cent—the highest per capita reduction of any country in the world. Yet that still is not enough for the so-called mainstream Greens. Well, really, what do you want? I think we heard a question— (Time expired)