A TAXING DEBATE: SENATORS TRADE BARBS OVER CUTS
"They're either frauds or they're fools. Possibly both." - Greens' Sarah Hanson-Young on One Nation's softening on blocking the tax cuts.
"I ask the crossbench to ignore the Greens in this debate - their grasp on economics is almost as thin as their grasp on reality." - Liberal Senator Jane Hume
"(Sally McManus) will be puppet-master-in-chief. She and the CFMEU thugs will run you over there - you will be puppets in their war against Australians" - Government minister Concetta Fierravanti-Wells hits out at the ACTU secretary and Labor.
"I don't believe they go far enough or are being implemented fast enough," - independent Fraser Anning wants Australia to follow Donald Trump's lead.
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"It's the reverse Robin Hood - they want to steal from the poor and they want to give to the rich." - Tasmanian Green Nick McKim.
"If only we reworded the tax cut we are debating today as a tax cut for 'collectives' we might even get the support of our comrades in the Greens" - Liberal Democrats' David Leyonhjelm after running through synonyms for "company".
"We don't have any Labor speakers on the list at the moment - Senator Farrell, do they have anything to say?" - Liberal senator Slade Brockman quizzes Labor's Don Farrell across the chamber.
