Mehreen Faruqi (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Prime Minister Albanese was quick to jump and support Trump and Netanyahu's war on Iran but is slow to tackle the consequences of this war. People here are now paying the price of Trump's imperialism and our prime minister being a 'yes' man to war. In times of crisis, big and bold decisions must be made with urgency and decisiveness. But sadly Labor's commanding majority at the last election has meant nothing for fixing the rotten system that is driving inequality, poverty, war, genocide and the climate crisis. We are seeing a rot as gas and oil companies make a killing on the back of ordinary people.

The extractive fossil fuel economy is completely failing us. The volatility and the obscene corporate profits should be a clear indication of the scale of change needed to decarbonise and move to renewable energy, because no-one can block sun, wind and the sea. I fear that Labor is not up to the task. They have refused to make even public transport free, which would give households breathing room and eased pressure on the strained fuel supplies. Victoria and Tasmania have heeded the Greens's calls and done it. Premier Chris Minns's rejecting calls to make public transport free in New South Wales shows how out of touch he is with the struggles of our people in New South Wales. The New South Wales and Queensland premiers are too preoccupied with passing laws to criminalise the truth about Israel, the very country responsible for the predicament that we are in right now. If Labor can't find the courage to deliver the change that we need right now, then you deserve to be cast into the dustbin of history.