Tyron Whitten (WA, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) | Link to this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. The Prime Minister ruled out a coalition with the Greens, in his words, 385 times prior to the 2025 election. 'I don't negotiate with the Greens,' was one statement—tough talk! Since the Prime Minister's commitment to his voters not to deal with the Greens, how many times has Labor provided the Greens with concessions or other benefits to pass legislation?

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

The Prime Minister made very clear we would not enter any minority government with the Greens—and we won't. We are in a chamber where—unless we have the opposition behaving responsibly—we have to negotiate to get our legislation through. We make no apology for making sure we negotiated to ensure that 13 million Australians got a tax cut. We make no apology for that, and we will continue to do that until and unless we have people in this chamber who are prepared to actually give a fair go to working people, which is central to what this government wishes to do.

Sue Lines (President) | Link to this | Hansard source

Senator Whitten, first supplementary?

Tyron Whitten (WA, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) | Link to this | Hansard source

A new party room, pushing oil and gas out of the streamlined EPBC pathways, and now delaying vital NDIS cuts to keep your coalition comrades' support on the worst tax hikes we've seen in generations. Will the Prime Minister come out and apologise to voters who were misled before the election, not realising that it would in fact be the Greens setting the agenda?

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

Two points. First, this is a Labor agenda, and Labor has delivered five tax cuts for working people in the period we've been in government. We will continue to do what we can to address cost-of-living pressures that Australians are experiencing, whether it is making sure that we support minimum wage rises and higher wages, particularly in the care industries, or making sure we continue to support public education and the delivery of bulk-billed services through urgent care clinics and elsewhere.

Second, I would make the point, Senator, that your party has voted with the coalition on numerous occasions against cost-of-living measures. You have voted against industrial relations changes which are about protecting working people. Your leader said, very clearly:

I'm not anti the coalition … I hope that we can work together…

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Sue Lines (President) | Link to this | Hansard source

Senator Whitten, second supplementary?

Tyron Whitten (WA, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) | Link to this | Hansard source

This Labor government has clearly entered into a coalition in substance with the Greens. All of the deals are being done behind closed doors—deals that are trading a tax cut equivalent to a cup of coffee a week for government ownership interests of up to 47 per cent of people's businesses. This Labor government is losing its base because it has abandoned them for the insane Greens party agenda. Will the Labor Party recommit now to its pre-election promise and stop making deals with the dirty Greens?

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

One Nation talks a big game about supporting Australians against the major parties, but your voting record demonstrates a different story because when you've had the opportunity to support Australians, you have said no. You've said no to five rounds of tax cuts. You've said no to five consecutive increases in the minimum wage. That's about 12 grand a year more, compared to when we came to office—sorry, I withdraw that; it's up $12,079 per year, compared to when we came to office—and 137 urgent care clinics. You have been opposed to that, but what you are prepared to do is work with the coalition to stand in the way of Labor delivering for working people. Senator Hanson, your leader, has made that very clear. She said:

I'm not anti the coalition … I hope that we can work together…

The uniparty—the right wing parties—are those opposite. It is Liberals, the Nationals and One Nation, working together. (Time expired)