Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

My question again is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister’s statement this morning when he said: ‘I think a price on carbon is an important element of getting a grip on this thing’—meaning climate change. The Prime Minister went on to say: ‘Unless you have some kind of carbon pricing signal, you can’t begin to see the sensible introduction of clean coal technology.’ Prime Minister, what do you have in mind in terms of the structure of the market you intend to construct that will set the price for carbon? In that context, will you rule out a cap-and-trade emissions trading system?

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