Ian Macdonald (Queensland, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Mr Acting Deputy Speaker, but I really do not need protection from the Greens. Heaven forbid that that day should ever arrive!

Back in the 1930s, we had the same sort of thing: if you did not agree, you were pilloried.

Senator Siewert interjecting—

Work it out for yourself. You would know. You are from the ultra-left wing of the political spectrum. You know about the totalitarian regimes of the 1920s and 1930s: if you did not agree with the government, you were ostracised. The Greens and the Labor leadership here have indulged themselves in the same sort of thing.

A scientist from the Australian Institute of Marine Science has had a look at this. There are some questions about it. It is not as clear-cut as that 'reputable' body of the UN, the United Nations climate change commission, would have you believe. Have a look at who is on that. I retain an open mind; I always have.