Peter Whish-Wilson (Tasmania, Australian Greens) | Hansard source

No-one has done more than the Greens in this chamber to pursue the tax avoidance of some of the biggest polluters on this planet, who, under the petroleum resource rent tax and other measures, numerous Senate inquiries have shown to be avoiding and dodging their responsibilities. Under the PRRT, there is over $330 billion in tax deferments that will never be paid to the Australian people for schools, hospitals and the whole range of things we need our revenue for.

We support continued scrutiny of this industry and we support the spirit of this referral. Unfortunately, I had a discussion with Senator Patrick this morning, and we haven't had time to come to an agreement. We would like to have seen the terms of reference expanded to look at how the transition to renewable energy would lead to stranded assets and risk in this sector. We feel that would have been an important contribution today.