Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

Sorry, opposition. Thank you, Senator Birmingham—that his party’s position is not that of Dr Stone, Mr Cobb or Senator Joyce. The relevant shadow minister, who clearly does not have the internal party political power to deliver this, has never come out and said that Senator Joyce, Dr Stone and Mr Cobb et al are wrong. So my point about playing politics is that people will judge this government and the opposition, as the alternative government, not simply by what they say but by what they do.

I think a number of times in this debate I have been in the rather odd position of being the defender of the Turnbull act. I do acknowledge that Mr Turnbull commenced this process. He did not achieve very much but he did commence this process, and he did get an act through that Senator Nash, on behalf of your party or your opposition, has moved amendments to. We have defended the Turnbull legislation on certain—