Senator DASTYARI (New South Wales) (10:19): I have to say that, as disgusted and appalled as I am with this amendment, I think there is a serious point that needs to be made here. We knew that Senator Di Natale was cheap, but I had no idea that Senator Di Natale was this cheap—to sell out tax transparency, to sell out what has been a two-year community campaign that has involved— Senator Heffernan: Mr Acting Deputy President, on a point of order, could someone just remind Senator Dastyari that we are not on camera today. He does not have to put on all the antics. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT ( Senator Williams ): There is no point of order, Senator Heffernan. Continue, Senator Dastyari. Senator DASTYARI: The fact that Senator Heffernan has to run a protection racket for Senator Di Natale tells us about where this Senate is actually now heading. This is a dirty deal that has been done by the Greens that has sold out a two-year campaign for tax transparency—a campaign that has brought together community groups, organisations, unions, activists and people across the nation demanding a better deal, demanding more transparency, demanding more information. It was something that, up until now, the Greens were participating in. But, under Richard Di Natale, they will sell out every time. They will sell out their cause. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Order, Senator Dastyari. Please refer to people by their correct title in this chamber. Senator DASTYARI: Under Senator Di Natale they will sell out every time, and they have sold out again here today. The prospect is that the Greens are going to come to this chamber and, as they have told us this morning, are going to vote for a watered-down version—a weak, watered-down version—of what the Senate had already passed. Not only that, but they were bragging that they are going to vote against the amendments that were circulated by Senator Muir and Senator Lambie about grandfathering and the grandfathering exemptions—1,500 companies that, once again, will ride again. We had finally been able to build enough community pressure to actually be able to tackle what had been a very, very difficult issue. This is a sell-out. This is going weak and it is all about Senator Di Natale trying to make himself relevant or important in this debate. The way he has done it is by selling out the cause of tax transparency. If the Australian Greens think that we are going to lie down and let them walk all over us, that we are going to allow them to have these multinational companies have their way then, frankly, they have another thing coming. Let's be clear here. The government had moved the Tax Laws Amendment (Combating Multinational Tax Avoidance) Bill 2015, which did not go far enough—that was the view of the majority of this chamber. Amendments were made to make the government improve its own legislation. What we have here is a last minute, dead of the night, dirty deal done dirt cheap by a desperate leader of the Greens political party to sell out the cause of all the people, all the evidence, all the testimony, all the community groups, all the organisations that have worked together for two years to make sure that we have greater transparency, that we actually have accountability for what is happening with the Australian tax system. All of that gets undermined when a cheap deal gets done by a desperate leader of a desperate political party who, frankly, either does not understand what he has done or does not care, and I am just not sure which one of those is worse. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT ( Senator Williams ): Thank you, Senator Dastyari. The question is the motion— Senator DASTYARI: No, I am still going. The ACTING DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Sorry, continue. My apologies. Senator DASTYARI: I am going to be going all day. Fundamentally, what they have done by removing the threshold from $100 million to $200 million is a complete carve-out of almost 80 per cent of the companies that would have had to report if they had been strong enough and brave enough to have actually stayed firm. I tell you who are the types of people who will fall out of the list. We know that Mr Withers, the head of 7-Eleven, is out. He has been covered. Thank you, Senator Di Natale! Senator Di Natale interjecting— Senator DASTYARI: No, he is out because of you. What we have is at least 500 private companies sold out because of a desperate leader of a desperate political party, desperate for relevance, selling out in the cause of tax transparency. (Time expired)