Anthony Chisholm (Queensland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Here we see the Liberal-Green alliance in action. We're just about to see it here. Federal Labor are absolutely committed to progressive taxation reform, including reform to dividend imputation, but it's disappointing that the Greens have taken two positions on this. After Labor's announcement, the Greens shadow spokesperson for finance, Sarah Hanson-Young, was out of the blocks early backing Labor's policy in; yet a couple of days later, hours before a certain by-election, we heard from the Leader of the Australian Greens, Senator Di Natale, who said the Greens do have concerns about this policy. Hours before the by-election—so desperate were they to rescue their failing campaign—that was what they resorted to: selling out their principles and selling out their shadow spokesperson. That was what we saw from Senator Di Natale hours before polling day. This mob aren't a patch on the Bob Brown Greens from a decade ago. They are selling out their principles and they were sold short in Batman.