Kim Beazley (Brand, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. I ask whether the Prime Minister heard comments this morning by Tony Blair’s special envoy on climate, Mr Elliot Morley, stating that the UK was surprised and disappointed that:

... Australia didn’t ratify Kyoto and hasn’t joined in the kind of international consensus which is emerging on climate change, and the kind of international action that we need.

He also, said regarding Australia’s position outside the Kyoto framework, that:

... if we all take that attitude—

that is yours, Prime Minister—

then there’ll be no progress at all, and we will just sleepwalk to oblivion ...

Prime Minister, hasn’t your climate change scepticism held back global action to avoid dangerous climate change?

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