Malcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Minister for the Environment and Water Resources) Share this | Hansard source

they provide the opportunity for schoolchildren and communities to understand how water can be saved and preserved. On climate change, the Australian government, once again, is showing global leadership. In the budget we provide for our global initiative on forests and climate. This is the first substantial national commitment to attack the global problem of deforestation. The opposition like to talk about global warming but they will not recognise that it is a global problem. A tonne of CO that goes into the atmosphere in China does as much damage as a tonne of CO that goes into the atmosphere here. We are tackling that globally with our global initiative on forests and climate.

At home, we are genuinely doubling the solar panel rebate. We all remember that the member for Kingsford Smith said he was doubling the rebate, but he did not know that double meant twice as much. That is sort of important. Two times four equals eight. We have doubled the rebate from $4 a watt and a maximum of $4,000 to $8 a watt and a maximum of $8,000.

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