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

Senator Joyce interjects again and, really, he proves my point. Does anybody in this chamber believe that Senator Joyce’s interests in deferring this bill have anything to do with scrutiny? Absolutely not. It is just because he does not want to vote for the bill. He has always opposed it. It does not matter how much scrutiny there is, how many committee inquiries are held or how much evidence of what climate change means to the people who elected him is presented, Senator Joyce will not vote for action on climate change—end of story. That is the National Party and Senator Joyce’s position.