Senator DI NATALE (Victoria—Leader of the Australian Greens) (09:42): I have Senator Wong's earlier words ringing in my ears: the easiest thing to do in this business is to shout from the sidelines. Honourable senators interjecting— Senator DI NATALE: The easiest thing to do is to shout from the sidelines, not demonstrate any responsibility and be on the fringes of politics. That is where the Labor Party are right now. We have a choice. The choice is simple: we either get nothing or we get significant strides forward when it comes to combatting multinational tax avoidance. It is a simple equation. It is a straightforward equation. This legislation would not have passed the parliament today. As a consequence of that, the multinationals with a turnover of over a billion dollars would not be publishing the amount of tax that they pay. What we would see is private companies with a turnover of over $200 million not having to publish the amount of tax that they pay and, as a consequence of legislation now coming before the parliament, we are going to see, for the first time in this country, significant steps forward when it comes to multinational tax transparency. The insider nonsense that goes on in this place— Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order on my left! Senator DI NATALE: The consequence of this motion is that we, as a parliament, get to vote for tax transparency around multinationals when, at the moment, there is nothing. If you are a multinational— Opposition senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order on my left! Everyone on my left. Senator DI NATALE: Isn't it interesting that we have the Labor Party, who keep talking about the Greens being purer than pure and holding out for perfection, and here they are on the fringes and irrelevant. The choice is a very clear one. We can leave this parliament today with companies who have a turnover of over $1 billion not having to declare their affairs. That would be the consequence of not passing this legislation before the parliament today. Senator Cameron interjecting— Senator Whish-Wilson interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Senator Cameron and Senator Whish-Wilson. Senator DI NATALE: The options, as far as the Australian Greens see them, are quite straightforward. We get nothing if we do not deal with this legislation today, a bit fat zero. If you are News Limited, if you are a big pharmaceutical company, or if you are Glencore, you do not have to declare your accounts. You do not have to demonstrate the amount of tax you pay. We can walk away from this parliament protecting News Limited, protecting the pharmaceutical industry, protecting Glencore, and not allowing them to publish their accounts, or we can pass this legislation. That means, for the first time in this country, those companies with a turnover of more than $1 billion now have to publish their full accounts. Those private Australian companies with a turnover of more than $200 million now have to declare the amount of tax that they pay. What do the Labor Party want? Nothing. (Time expired)