Greg Hunt (Flinders, Liberal Party, Minister for the Environment) Share this | Hansard source

In terms of the Treasurer, how badly was he misrepresented not just in terms of the interview but also from the member for Port Adelaide right now? There was no reference to per capita in the interview at the time. The question was about Australia, and what he was saying in terms of Australia was that, as one of the countries of the world, we represent 1.4 per cent of global emissions. What we see in representing that 1.4 per cent is that the United States, Germany, Japan and Canada—all countries in the OECD—have very significant emissions. Unlike many other countries, we are meeting our targets. We are actually achieving our targets. You may note that, of those that I mentioned, some of them are not. But you hear absolute silence from our friends on the other side, because the Treasurer's point is that, of the countries in the world that committed and signed up to targets, we met them. We didn't just meet them; we exceeded them. We passed them by 120 million tonnes and rising. We achieved our targets.

Mr Perrett interjecting—

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