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

Mr President, it is not surprising that they get a bit loud on this issue, because the fact is that they know what their record was. They know they went to the last election promising action on climate change—they promised to introduce an emissions trading scheme—and now, they are so divided, the best they can do on these issues of national importance is delay. All they can do is delay. They do not even want to vote. It is extraordinary! What we have seen today in the Senate is the opposition—