Peter Whish-Wilson (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

We will not be locking in failure, Senator Ayres. I'm happy to take your objection. I don't know why you keep writing Julia Gillard out of the history books, because she was able to come in here and, with the Greens, negotiate what was the gold standard around the world for climate action. We were very proud of that. I'm not sure why you and the Labor political party keep writing her out of the history books, going back to 2009. The world's changed since 2009. In case you haven't noticed, the physical world is changing! The Barrier Reef is bleaching.

You can laugh at the Barrier Reef bleaching, which you always do, Senator Canavan. I hope the cameras, once again, come in close on your smiling face while we're talking about the death of our natural world—our forests burning, the loss of biodiversity, the shifts we're seeing in nature. You might think that's funny but we're in here to get climate action. That's what Australians put us in this place for, and we will not let them down.