The Greens senator Larissa Waters has caused uproar among government senators after asking if Tony Abbott would pay attention to the Pope's recent proclamation on climate change. Waters attempted to ask several times whether the fact Abbott is a Catholic who trained to be a priest would mean he would take note of the Pope's warnings on the gravity of human-induced climate change. One senator demanded to know if Waters was married, before government leader of the Senate George Brandis said reflecting upon the religious beliefs of any member of parliament was 'disgusting'