Nick McKim (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Well, cop a load of the war parties in this place—the Labor Party, the Liberal Party, the Nationals and One Nation. Cop a load of that unholy alliance wringing their hands about increased fuel prices, including petrol prices, in this country. The hypocrisy is enough to make me vomit. They cheerled a war with Iran, and now, of course, entirely predictably, fuel prices are going up. Colour me surprised! Who could possibly have foreseen that, if you start a big war in the Middle East, petrol prices are going to go up and people are going to feel pain at the bowser?

You cannot support this war and cry crocodile tears about fuel prices. Australians are paying the price for the Labor Party cheerleading this war on day one, when our prime minister was the first global leader to go out and say he thought this war was a good idea. Then, a week later, he joined this country to the war effort against Iran. With every global conflict and every supply shock, Australians are paying for it and the big corporations are fattening their bottom line, all because of the war parties in this place—the Labor Party, the Liberal Party, the Nationals and One Nation. If you want to do something on petrol prices, oppose the war. Call for peace. Stop fighting fantasy crusades with Hegseth, Trump and the war criminal Netanyahu. Oppose the war. Stand for peace.