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

I can't speak to the discussions in the Nationals party room any more than the Leader of the Nationals can speak to the discussions in the Liberals party room. We're two great parties. We form a great coalition, as we have done for many, many years, and we continue to do so. I can be very clear to the Australian people that we will be very transparent about what our commitments are, what the costs are and what the outcomes are going to be. They can trust me to do that because that's exactly what I did at the last election. At the last election I set out very clearly what our 2030 target was going to be, how we were going to achieve it—that we would meet and beat it—what the costs would be and what the programs were. As a result, the Australian people backed our plan.

Those opposite, the Labor Party, had a 45 per cent emissions reduction target. The then Leader of the Opposition couldn't explain those issues. He couldn't level with the Australian people. He couldn't explain the costs.

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