Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

The scientists say we should act on the science, so he dismisses them; the economists say we should use market based mechanisms, so he dismisses the economists; the environmentalists say that we need to act to protect our environment; and, most importantly of all, the parents and grandkids say that we have a responsibility to leave the world a better place than the one that we inherited. That is the most important task that we have as members of the House of Representatives. It is one which we on this side of the House take seriously. It is one which we honoured this morning through our vote to put a price on carbon in the interests of our economic future, in the interests of our environment and in the interests of the change that is necessary if we are going to compete in the modern carbon constrained world which is coming.

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