Barry O'Sullivan (Queensland, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

I came in here with the intention of talking on a subject, but the senator who spoke before me has just aided me to go on a new front. What an outrageous contribution from the Greens! Mind you, we don't expect anything less than that. On occasions, they seem to be able to lower the bar so far, and now they're on all fours to get under their own bar. The Greens party have done so much to restrict employment and the development of industries in this country. There was not one word from the senator about the 180,000 jobs in the coal industry that are in jeopardy in my home state because of their policies. That was an outrageous contribution. It's an attack on freedom of speech.

Some of us have come in here with reasonably strong views on conservative issues, only to be attacked and frustrated by the Greens. They are so far to the Left, you wouldn't find them if you had two pairs of bifocals on at the same time. It is outrageous. They want to increase the dole for unemployed people so they can buy more drugs and ice so they can avoid going to jobs. They want to treat that—