Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

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The Howard government [in 2007] proposed an emissions trading scheme because this seemed the best way to obtain the highest emissions reduction at the lowest cost.

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We don't want to play games with the planet. So we are taking this issue seriously and we would like to see an ETS …

I thank the Leader of the Opposition for his ringing endorsement of this government's policies of an emissions trading scheme. For those who are interested in reason in this debate, I know that the opposition are coming here today to rerun—

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