Senator BRANDIS (Queensland—Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate, Vice-President of the Executive Council, Minister for Arts and Attorney-General) (14:16): Senator Di Natale, the government unequivocally says that it believes that coal is good for humanity, and it unequivocally says that it believes that coal, in particular, is good for Australia, because, Senator Di Natale, human flourishing depends on a lot of things, and one of the things it depends upon is giving poorer people the best opportunities. If we have low energy prices and low electricity bills because we have some of the cheapest coal in the world, that is a good thing, and it is, in particular, a good thing for people at the bottom of the income scale, while your decision to support a carbon tax, I might say, was such a socially unjust decision— The PRESIDENT: Pause the clock. Senator Di Natale: Mr President, I raise a point of order. I asked specifically about the evidence in The Lancet and whether the minister agreed with the evidence that was cited around the health impacts of coal. The PRESIDENT: Yes, and your question was broader than that; you did include whether coal was good for humanity, and the minister did answer towards that part of your question. Minister, have you finished your answer? Senator BRANDIS: I am happy to continue and address the first part of the question. Senator Di Natale, I will take you at your word that some medical scientists or doctors have written an article in The Lancet that says what you say. I refuse to believe that there is a uniformity of opinion in your profession on medical issues.