Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Well, Mr Speaker, they out themselves, because 'no-alition' is just a word describing people who are against everything. It doesn't refer to the coalition, necessarily, or the Greens political party. It's a self-identification from that point of order by objecting to everything. But it has expanded, because now we have people who say no to everything that the government puts forward, but they also say no to everything that each other puts forward as well. That's what we've seen from the disorder, if I can use that term, of those opposite over the last period.

This is sensible reform. Everyone in the Senate, regardless of where they come from, should look at it on its merits and should vote for it, because this is sensible. It's good for the environment, it's good for jobs, it's good for certainty, it's good for industry. What people want is quicker yeses or quicker noes—that's what this legislation is about.

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