Senator WHISH-WILSON (Tasmania) (12:10): I seek leave to make a short statement. The PRESIDENT: Leave is granted for one minute. Senator WHISH-WILSON: The Greens agree with the words of this motion that call on the federal government 'to introduce a consistent national energy policy that supports renewable energy investment through the 2020s and addresses carbon emissions'. I want to highlight what a joke it is that the Labor Party would bring a motion into this Senate promoting renewable energy projects to reduce emissions. What absolute hypocrisy, for a party that supports new coalmines, supports new fossil fuel exploration off our coasts and supports the development of the oil and gas industry to bring forward a motion into this Senate— The PRESIDENT: Is that a point of order, Senator Gallagher? Senator Gallagher: I think so: my understanding was that during this part of the proceedings there is not debate on the motion. This is clearly debate on the motion. The PRESIDENT: As I said yesterday, when leave is granted by the Senate for a statement to be made, it doesn't have to comply with anything other than the general orders around behaviour. Those agreements which are undertaken offline should probably continue in the recess as offline discussions. Senator Whish-Wilson. Senator WHISH-WILSON: If the Labor and Liberal parties want to pretend that they've somehow got an action plan on climate change by bringing forward motions like this to the Senate, then they need to get a grip on the science. We have 10 years to reduce emissions. Significantly, there's no time for incremental change. We need drastic policies to reduce emissions immediately. Only the Greens in Tasmania and in the national parliament have the policies to do that. The PRESIDENT: The question is that the motion moved by Senators Urquhart, Brown and Bilyk be agreed to.