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

The conclusion, at the end of this debate on this bill—a bill that is spending public money and asking for public money to be spent on cleaning up in response to the climate crisis—is that here we have a company that refuses to comply with a summons. Let me be very clear here: this is a bad precedent for any company, for any process, for this Senate to not take seriously. I would appreciate it if the Senate were actually to give proper time to debate and discuss this matter, because it is about the powers of this place. So I will conclude my speech here, but let me say—it's a message to the government and to the opposition—please, give us some time this afternoon to make sure we can discuss this properly. Otherwise, the powers of the Senate are useless.