Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—The Prime Minister, no less, last week made it clear that the government’s policy was that the Gunns Ltd pulp mill should be subject to all environmental considerations being fully satisfied. We have just had the government vote against the Prime Minister’s own reference on the pulp mill. So the question is: who is in control here? Is it Prime Minister Howard or is it the government senators who we have just seen vote? The vote was totally contradictory. Within a week, the government senators have voted against the Prime Minister’s own reference on the pulp mill. We should get this sorted out. Has the Tasmanian Liberal Party got a different point of view to the Prime Minister? It would seem so.