George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Well, Senator McAllister, I know that the culture of your party is very different from the culture of mine, but in the Liberal Party and in the National Party we actually do not regard a discussion as a fight. In fact, what we understand the purpose of this process to be—the reason we come to parliament—is to discuss the issues of importance to the Australian people. And there is no issue of more importance to the Australian people right now than the question of affordable and reliable energy supply. So, we are considering the Finkel report. And as I have said ad nauseam and say again to you today: informed by the Finkel report, informed by other expert commentary, informed by the views of our colleagues, all of whom have useful perspectives to bring to bear on this issue, the government will shortly be making decisions that will serve those objectives.