Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

Regrettably, I am aware of an unseemly deal stitched up between the Greens and some other parties, including Labor, which manifests itself in the unprincipled and unprecedented motion to have the Senate inquire into the operations of the sovereign government of the state of Queensland. In the rush to cobble together the numbers for the inquiry, deals were struck which have now come to light, thanks to the boasting of Greens senator Larissa Waters in a media release which shows that they traded their support for this unprecedented inquiry in return for others blocking the government's mandate to remove duplicative green tape.