Bob Baldwin (Paterson, Liberal Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry, Tourism and Resources) Share this | Hansard source

I am glad to address the MPI put forward by the Labor Party asking that the government show leadership. Leadership is about actions, not words. Leadership is investing money in our economy that will address the issue of greenhouse gas emissions. Australia is on track for its 108 per cent target, as set down by Kyoto, by 2012. By way of contrast, Canada’s target was 94 per cent, but it will be 116 per cent, an increase of 22 per cent over the target. Norway’s target was 101 per cent; it will be 22 per cent over target. France’s target was 100 per cent; it will be nine per cent over target. Ireland will be 20 per cent over the target—and the numbers go on.

Another thing the member for Grayndler ridiculed is the new Kyoto concept. He said he could only find one hit when he went on Google. I have a search page for Google, and it got more than 24 million hits, a lot of them relating to the new Kyoto type of policy. The only new Kyoto the Labor Party are interested in is the ‘Sleepy Hollow Hotel’, where perhaps they go.

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