Greg Hunt (Flinders, Liberal Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

On the alternative side, we say that there is a right way to deal with this, and that is from the people who brought the world the first greenhouse office and who brought the world $2 billion worth of real and practical technological initiatives, not just in clean coal, not just in clean gas, but also in renewables—the world’s biggest solar power plant, potentially, that we are investing in. We are not afraid to look at all of the different forms. All of these things are needed. You say the solution is so important, but you rule out some of the key elements. If you are serious, and I think that there is a seriousness on one level, then drop the theology and deal with all of the elements. That is the challenge. Also, make a pledge to the pensioners and the motorists that you are not going to sell out the current generation for some utopian impact on future generations. That is the real stuff of policy. This challenge is with you right now. You can talk about it—

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