Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Climate change is a very real and serious issue which demands the attention of governments at all levels. It has the attention of this government, through the Emissions Reduction Fund, the renewable energy target, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, our Snowy 2.0 initiative, energy efficiency measures, and our commitment to 26 per cent of an emissions reduction target, which we remain committed to. We're committed to all of these things. But I'll tell you what we're also committed to: kids should go to school. That's what we're committed to. We don't support the idea of kids not going to school, to participate in things that can be dealt with outside of school. Each day, I send my kids to school, and I know other members' kids should also go to school. But we do not support our schools being turned into parliaments. We think kids should be in school learning, whether it's about those issues or maths, science, English, literature, Indigenous history, Australian history. That's what they should be there doing. And so what we want is more learning in schools and less activism in schools.

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