Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

If I am asked about stubborn persistence, I may say I think the stubborn persistence is in those on the other side who continue to berate the parliament about a policy and a law which has been passed. We are clearly in a bit of historical analysis here. They certainly do not want to talk about the mining tax, nor all the splits on their side on that issue. I have already indicated in my answer that we do not agree with the assertion that direct action is somehow better. That flies in the face of the advice given to Mr Howard, the advice given by Treasury and the advice given by Australia's leading economists. In fact, the only people who believe that, somehow, taking money from Australian taxpayers and giving it to polluting companies is a good policy are those opposite. (Time expired)