Division
Penny Wong We had the interesting spectacle today of Senator Cormann, who I notice is not handling this legislation, tabling a copy of a letter from Mr Morrison and Mr Joyce, co-signed by the Leader of the Australian Greens—and I see Senator Cormann has now arrived in the chamber. It is an interesting proposition because the government constantly rail against the Greens as being economic vandals and irresponsible and anti jobs. Witness Senator Brandis in question time today having a real go at Senator Waters about her question. These are the very people the government are doing a deal with when it comes to economic policy. Let us be very clear about what they have done a deal on. They have done a deal on a set of propositions that have been roundly condemned by the business community—the Business Council, ACCI, AiG—and a range of groups, including the Australian Food and Grocery Council and I think I saw one of the paper industry groups today also supporting the position Labor have taken on this. Despite the government's rhetoric about the Greens being anti jobs—and really you cannot go through a question time in this place without listening to that particular lecture—we have seen that they are happy to sit down and do a deal with the Greens. Senator Whish-Wilson is grinning at me. I am not sure whether he is happy about the fact that the government are now welcoming the Greens into their arms, welcoming the Greens to the government's economic policy fold, or whether he is uncertain about it. But certainly what we have seen today is an alliance between the Greens and the Liberal Party when it comes to the economic direction of the government. So every time we hear Mr Morrison, or Senator Brandis in this place, tell everybody how the Greens are anti jobs, let us remember that the government have done a deal with the Greens in this lovely little co-signed letter I have here, that makes clear that their anti-jobs and anti-investment policy as set out in this bill, whic
Senate, 2015-11-23. negative: ayes 3, noes 44.
Question
Penny Wong We had the interesting spectacle today of Senator Cormann, who I notice is not handling this legislation, tabling a copy of a letter from Mr Morrison and Mr Joyce, co-signed by the Leader of the Australian Greens—and I see Senator Cormann has now arrived in the chamber. It is an interesting proposition because the government constantly rail against the Greens as being economic vandals and irresponsible and anti jobs. Witness Senator Brandis in question time today having a real go at Senator Waters about her question. These are the very people the government are doing a deal with when it comes to economic policy. Let us be very clear about what they have done a deal on. They have done a deal on a set of propositions that have been roundly condemned by the business community—the Business Council, ACCI, AiG—and a range of groups, including the Australian Food and Grocery Council and I think I saw one of the paper industry groups today also supporting the position Labor have taken on this. Despite the government's rhetoric about the Greens being anti jobs—and really you cannot go through a question time in this place without listening to that particular lecture—we have seen that they are happy to sit down and do a deal with the Greens. Senator Whish-Wilson is grinning at me. I am not sure whether he is happy about the fact that the government are now welcoming the Greens into their arms, welcoming the Greens to the government's economic policy fold, or whether he is uncertain about it. But certainly what we have seen today is an alliance between the Greens and the Liberal Party when it comes to the economic direction of the government. So every time we hear Mr Morrison, or Senator Brandis in this place, tell everybody how the Greens are anti jobs, let us remember that the government have done a deal with the Greens in this lovely little co-signed letter I have here, that makes clear that their anti-jobs and anti-investment policy as set out in this bill, whic
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