David Pocock (ACT, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, what we would expect, as a Senate, is that if questions are asked and you have 24 hours to look into it—it can't be that hard. Someone must know who was consulted with about this legislation. The very curious thing about this is you mentioned the safeguard mechanism going through here. I don't remember this being part of the safeguard mechanism debate, and I think you'll find that the opposition voted against the safeguard mechanism. Now we're in a situation where Labor and the coalition are looking to put through a bill with loopholes to potentially expand the fossil fuel industry. And you wonder why we're concerned. Somehow the Labor government think that they are exempt from atmospheric physics. Who did the minister meet with over the last few months, consulting on this very important piece of legislation?