Wayne Swan (Lilley, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

My question is directed to the Treasurer. I refer to the Treasurer’s statement this morning that he would like to deal with the climate change challenge. Treasurer, why until this year was climate change not mentioned in any of the previous 11 budget speeches? Isn’t it the case that the Treasurer’s 2003 cabinet submission on emissions trading was blocked by the Prime Minister? Treasurer, isn’t it too late for an 11th-year pre-election climate change makeover?

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