Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment and Water) Share this | Hansard source

Investors across the board want the security of policy certainty, and Australians have said loudly that they support a renewable future. There's only one group, of course, who haven't heard the message, and there they are, looking sullen and sad, over there—and those are the happy ones! Last night in this chamber, we saw what can only be described as an absolute farce from the opposition. Rather than taking a position on one of the major issues our nation is dealing with, the opposition leader, Ms Ley, directed her senators to abstain from a vote on net zero. So, when the country wants leadership and certainty from all their politicians, what do the opposition do? They don't just hide away; they go and hide under the doona. The only person showing leadership on the coalition side is live-TV bull-impersonator Barnaby Joyce, and Senator Canavan has made the point that One Nation last night were just playing catch-up with Barnaby Joyce. It's not just One Nation; it's the entire Liberal Party playing catch-up to Barnaby Joyce— (Time expired)