Chris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Energy) Share this | Hansard source

We do want to see methane emissions reduced. We want to see all carbon emissions reduced, and that's why I want to see the safeguard mechanism reforms passed. I know this: there will be no constraint on methane, there will be no constraint on the CO2, there will be no constraint on any carbon gases unless the safeguard reforms pass the parliament this fortnight. That's the case.

The honourable member is correct: methane is a very important gas for us to measure and to work with industry to see emissions reduced. That is very important, and if there are good faith suggestions I have and will continue to listen to them. But the most important thing is that these reforms pass, or it will be business as usual and business as usual is not acceptable.

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