Ian Macfarlane (Groom, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Energy and Resources) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Resources and Energy and the Minister for Tourism. I refer the minister to his admission that every tonne of carbon dioxide emitted in Australia during the production of liquefied natural gas saves the production of nine tonnes of carbon dioxide when consumed in China for electricity generation. Minister, if the government is serious about lowering global greenhouse gas emissions, why is it condemning the liquefied natural gas industry to a 25 per cent cut in production by refusing to compensate it under the proposed ETS and condemning the world at the same time to a subsequent increase in CO2 emissions?

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