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

I was making reference—I was about to—to border protection issues and where we have been written to by the UN saying we should change our policy. I remember when the UNHCR used to write to us and say we should change our policy. We don't agree. Do you agree? Does the Labor Party agree that we should be changing our border protection rules to comply with the international wishes of the UNHCR or any other organisation, when that is in conflict with the express policies of the Australian government, taken to the Australian people in an election?

But I return to the issue of emissions reductions. We on this side of the House are in no doubt about our policy: a 26 per cent reduction in emissions by 2030. On that side of the House, the member for Hunter actually agrees with us. He thinks that it should be 26 per cent. The member for Hunter thinks that—but it's not only him; the member for Blair thinks that as well. So there is a lot of support for the member for Hunter's ideas, but sadly not from the member for Sydney. She says she reserves her right to perfectly disagree with the member for Hunter. So she's still for the 45 per cent reduction.

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Then we can go across to the member for Wills, who says he doesn't know. He says, 'We don't have the answers right now.' Then there's another position, which is put forward by the shadow minister assisting for climate change—

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