Pauline Hanson (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

As an Independent member of this Senate, I have to agree with the coalition with regard to this. I'm absolutely disgusted that, less than an hour ago, I was given your amendments to this bill. You have disregarded my position in this place, and it's either incompetence or sheer arrogance that you bring this amendment into the chamber at such a late stage and you intend to guillotine the debate. You have no regard for my position or my colleagues' positions. You have no regard for anyone in this place other than yourself, the Greens and David Pocock. I don't know what deals you've done with Jacqui Lambie or others, if they're supporting this bill, but you have no regard for others.

This is not the first time this has happened; it happened with the IR bill as well. I got the final documents to my office on the Wednesday night at 9.30, and it was guillotined and pushed through on the Thursday in this place. I spoke to the Prime Minister about this, saying that I was not happy with not getting information. I'm not getting briefed by the ministers. I have not had one—I'm sorry; I have. Murray Watt came to my office one time to discuss the dairy bill with me, but that's the only one. Labor does not contact my office to give me briefings or to explain their bills to me—nothing. Apart from that, they cut back my staff so that I can't get across all the legislation that's rammed through this place. It's okay for David Pocock. He had the IR bill on the Sunday. He made up his mind he was going to support it on the Sunday. We had no idea till the following Wednesday. This is absolutely atrocious and disgusting of this government.

I've been in parliament since 1996. I worked with the coalition government at that time. I've worked here under the Turnbull government and the Morrison government, and this is the worst government I have ever come across to work with in this place, ramming its legislation through. The disdain that those opposite have for other members in this chamber is unbelievable. It's sheer arrogance. I'm here because the people of Queensland voted for me. I have every right to be here and I have every right to be paid the respect to get this legislation in enough time to revise it. The minister talks about consultation with businesses, but I don't agree—I don't believe there has been enough consultation. Labor has just come up with policies. I've spoken to businesses that are not happy with this.

Minister, I want to ask you a couple of questions about the amendments on sheet SK147. Amendment (3) reads:

(b) total net safeguard emissions for all of the financial years between 1 July 2020 and 30 June 2030 do not exceed a total of 1,233 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalence;

Can you tell me what emissions have been used to date?