John Alexander (Bennelong, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

In great news for the country and the planet, Australia has now a target to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Our Prime Minister will be able to go to Glasgow confident that we're doing our part to tackle one of the biggest challenges facing humanity today. With this commitment and this plan, we know we can achieve what we set out to do.

As with everything else, there's a lot of interest about this in Bennelong. I have met multiple times with local groups, including the Bennelong Climate Action Group, Christians Together for Climate Bennelong and Citizens Climate Bennelong. I trust they will all welcome this announcement and this commitment. We will get there sooner. All across Bennelong, more and more homes are going solar, electric car numbers are on the rise—Hyundai, which is headquartered in Bennelong are world leaders in hybrid electric and hydrogen powered vehicles—and businesses across Bennelong are cashing in on the opportunities offered by this new direction.

I have had faith in our ability to develop green technologies to increase the speed of our decarbonisation ever since the CSIRO developed more efficient solar panels at a site just down the road from my office. Australia has been at the cutting edge; I know of successful testing of new wave-swell technology that has just been proven in Bass Strait, and I'm sure that there are more exciting breakthroughs to come through. The future is green and the future is exciting. (Time expired)

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