Craig Kelly (Hughes, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

In the five minutes allowed for this debate I will quickly go through the science and the data to show that the facts are the exact opposite of the hysteria, the scaremongering and the antiscientific voodoo we have just heard from the members opposite. Firstly, whenever we have a debate on the climate, it's very important to make the acknowledgement, as I do here, that 'Great changes have taken place in the climate of Australia, all testimonies satisfactorily prove.' That is my belief. I didn't make those words up. Those words actually come from The Maitland Mercury on 11 March 1846, 174 years ago.

Let's look at this through the assertion that there is a climate emergency. Around 700 or 800 scientists and professionals have signed this declaration saying there is no climate emergency. Who signed this? Nobel Laureates, emeritus professors, geologists, meteorologists, medical doctors—

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