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

What a surprise that One Nation aren't supporting the battlers out there in Australia who are doing it tough right now! Senator Roberts, respectfully, this is a chance for you to stand up for those Australians who are struggling right now in a cost-of-living crisis. This is a very constructive bill and has been well worked through for a long period of time, and I commend Senator McKim for all of the work that he has done on bringing this forward, as well as the momentum that he and the Greens have been able to achieve, pushing the government to do better on supermarket price gouging in particular—and, yes, we certainly look forward to seeing those regulations when they appear before the Senate.

Senator Roberts, you say you support the battlers out there who are doing it tough, especially in rural, remote and regional Australia. Why wouldn't you support a bill that actually takes on the power of big corporations? Is it because you're now campaigning with billionaires? Is that why you're not going to support Australian battlers? Australians have got pretty good bullshit detectors, Senator Roberts, and I think they're going to look at exactly what you're doing on the ground versus all your rhetoric on social media and the machine that you've got behind you that is funded by billionaires.