Jordon Steele-John (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I am coming back to it.

The TEMPORARY CHAIR: It's very tenuous, Senator Steele-John.

It's a fascinating case study. What is the link between these two things, as you rightly bring me back to, Temporary Chair? In the case of tobacco, the Labor Party do not take donations from the tobacco industry. In the case of climate change, they take millions of dollars from the fossil fuel industry. My state of WA and its Labor government are basically run by Woodside. The Northern Territory, it has just been revealed today, did indeed consult—

The TEMPORARY CHAIR: Senator Steele-John, you have strayed very far from the current bill and committee stage. I bring you back please.

I'm very confident of the linkage. We've seen today that the Northern Territory government consulted one group and one group alone in relation to their emissions reduction policy—the gas industry.

As we consider the passage of this legislation it is so critical for the community to observe the link between the money that is donated and the outcomes that we get. In this case of tobacco and smoking reduction policy in Australia we have got good outcomes. One of the reasons why is that not a single dollar is allowed to flow into the back pockets of the ALP anymore. That is a good thing. When we look to the other side of the chamber to the Nationals we see an organisation still happy to take money from these merchants of death—these individuals and corporations, as observed by Senator Shoebridge, to be one of the only entities still in operation that actively kill their customers as they take their money.

Senator Canavan and others in the Nationals wonder why we are a bit suspicious of an amendment offered by your party to a tobacco control bill. So, no, we will not be supporting your amendment. We will be supporting the legislation offered by the government. We will continue to work for a day when fossil fuel donations are no longer allowed to shape policy. (Time expired)