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

I thank all contributors to this little debate. We have an agreement. Senator Coonan, on behalf of the opposition, has said that carers and pensioners really do deserve better. The minister has said that pensioners are on struggle street and they are finding it very tough. We all know that, and we have an obligation to fix it. My point here is that the priorities are wrong. We are giving people on lower incomes and middle incomes a well-deserved break in this legislation. But the biggest break of the lot goes to people who are already wealthy. We ought to have given the priority to those who are on struggle street and who really deserve better. The Greens strongly support these amendments, with that in view.

Question put:

That the amendments (Senator Bob Brown’s) be agreed to.