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

Because of the prospect of a warmer globe, we are taking action on climate change as a government. That is why we need no motivation other than the reality that we understand: that we know we need to take action on climate change. That's why we took to the last election the plan and the commitment to a 26 per cent reduction in emissions by 2030. Those emissions have now reduced by 13.1 per cent on 2005 levels. That's stronger than we've seen by other countries like New Zealand and Canada. We have a plan and a commitment, which we put to the Australian people, to meet that target by 2030. In relation to the member's question, while the government is taking action to 2030 and is making great progress to achieving that target based on our plan, those opposite do not have a 2030 view about emissions reductions that they can actually share with the Australian people. Not one!

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