Pat Conroy (Shortland, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific) Share this | Hansard source

Ten years ago today, on this very day, the Greens betrayed the planet they were formed to protect. They betrayed the planet they profess to love so much, because on that day they joined in an unholy alliance with the tinfoil hat brigade of the coalition to vote down the CPRS, and we've paid the price every day since. As a result, emissions in 2020 will be 81 million tonnes higher and, cumulatively, 218 million tonnes higher over the decade. The coalition and the Greens bear joint responsibility for the policy failure and environmental damage this has incurred. What is the Greens defence? 'Boohoo. Labor wouldn't talk to us on the day.' That is seriously their only defence to defend blocking the emissions trading scheme.

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