Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

There was a time when there were sensible people on the other side of parliament—Malcolm Turnbull, and even former Prime Minister Howard—who understood the importance of a sensible approach to tackling climate change. There was a time when the senator who in high dudgeon is questioning me came into this chamber and argued to support the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. So anybody listening would know that the reason those opposite are continuing on this campaign is that all they want to deal with when it comes to climate change is a fear campaign.