Mark Furner (Queensland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I rise to speak on the motion to take note of the NBN Co. Ltd report for the period 9 April to 30 June 2009. Last week I was listening to this debate in the chamber and I have been listening to it today. What I have heard from the opposition is an argument of envy—envy like the green shamrock on St Patrick’s Day. Rather than coming up with reasonable, sustainable arguments on their issues associated with this magnificent policy that Labor have introduced, all those opposite can do is be envious, like they are of our ETS. If you look at their program, you can see that it was going to produce more carbon and cost more. That was their policy rather than—