Angus Taylor (Hume, Liberal Party, Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction) Share this | Hansard source

It's a pleasure to speak on this motion moved by the member for Shortland. He is right to say that the report that came out at 6 pm last night is an important report. There is no doubt about that. It underscores the point that countries around the world, including Australia, need to do their bit to bring down emissions. But it's going to require a globally coordinated effort to do that. Our consistent position has been that the way to ensure we have falling emissions and a strong economy at the same time is through technology, not taxes.

Importantly, that is not the member for Shortland's approach. He was a key architect of Labor's carbon tax. In fact, he claimed credit for it in the speech he gave a moment ago. It was that carbon tax that saw the jobs of hardworking Australians destroyed, including at the aluminium smelter.

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