Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Senator. It gives me the opportunity to again say to you that we want faster decisions for business and stronger protections for the environment. You have an opportunity here to do the right thing and engage in good faith with the government to pass this legislation. It was your leader who first commissioned Graeme Samuel to review the legislation. You know that it's needed. So, if I may suggest, instead of coming in here and complaining about the legislation, why don't you engage in good faith with delivering legislation which improves decisions and the speed of decisions for business and delivers stronger protections for the environment? Because that is in the national interest, and that is in the interest of all states and territories.