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

It would be my pleasure, Senator Darmanin. Yesterday's announcement of the new funding for faster approvals was welcomed by everyone, from the housing institute of Australia to the Australian Climate and Biodiversity Foundation—but not a peep from the coalition or its shadow housing and environment spokesperson, Senator Bragg. That's probably because he's still trying to work out whether he supports a coalition with One Nation or not. But he isn't without ideas, even ones from 30 years ago. Not content with losing the last election and suffering a humiliating loss in the Farrer by-election, Senator Bragg wants to reheat the Liberals' losing Fightback! document from the early 1990s. That was the one that wanted to cut Medicare and cut social services but didn't know if it wanted to cut up a cake or not. Last week, on Radio National, Senator Bragg said:

… I think we need to have a document that looks in some way like Fightback! did …

The interviewer, Sally Sara, said:

You were talking about Fightback! briefly, is that a document that you think still has some value?

Senator Bragg said:

Well I mean something like that is going to be needed because otherwise what's the point?

So the only ideas he's got are from 30 years ago. They lost then, and they will lose again.