Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I predicted fire and fury from Senator Carr, and we got that, so obviously the Labor Party are still very tetchy about their position in relation to rolling over with the Morrison government on the TPP. I find it extraordinary that something that is Labor Party policy is now being decried in this place as irresponsible. This is the Labor Party's own policy, but they're selling out their members, they're selling out the unions and they're selling out Australian workers. We know that, because they think it's so bad that if they were to come into government they'd try to fix it. The problem is they can't. Once the TPP is in, it is in. We've already had confirmation from the minister that, in order to fix any of this down the track, Australia would have to withdraw and renegotiate. And that is simply the truth of the matter. It doesn't matter how many times or how angry or how embarrassed the Labor Party are, that's the fact. They can make as many promises as possible to fix things, but they are hollow and they are lies. With that, I ask that the question be put on my amendment so that we can get on to debating the next sections.