QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator WATERS (Queensland—Leader of the Australian Greens) (14:18): My question is to the Minister for Industry and Innovation, Minister Ayres. Why is the Albanese government constantly doing the bidding of big polluters? You're not making gas companies pay their fair share of tax with a gas export tax of at least 25 per cent.

Instead, you've proposed a flimsy 20 per cent gas reservation, which will raise no revenue, and now you're weakening even that with a 'get out of jail free' card for gas by making it 'up to' 20 per cent for a reservation and contemplating carve-outs for gas corporations. When will you ever put the interests of Australians and a safe climate ahead of the interests of gas corporations?