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

I can confirm that our plan for achieving net zero emissions by 2050, the extensive plan that we've released, will achieve that and achieve that by backing the decisions that Australians are making, particularly across our corporate sector and across our scientific community. It understands the technological changes that will take place and that we will fund and support through the lower emissions technology roadmap and many other initiatives that we've outlined as a government. That is what gets us to net zero by 2050.

What doesn't get us there is taxes and mandates and laws telling people what to do and what they can't do on their farms, in their businesses, in their factories and in their homes. That's not what our plan does. The reason Labor doesn't like our plan is because there are no taxes in it. They don't like our plan because there are no mandates telling people what to do and regulations trying to control their lives. That's why Labor doesn't like our plan. Our commitment was set out at the last election: we said we would have a 26 to 28 per cent reduction by 2030. The Labor party said 45 per cent was the emissions reduction that should occur by 2030. The Australian people rejected that, but we note today, on the same logic those opposite often put on those on this side of the House, the Labor Party supported the member for Warringah for a 60 per cent reduction.

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