House debates
Monday, 13 August 2007
Questions without Notice
Climate Change
3:14 pm
Peter Garrett (Kingsford Smith, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Heritage) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
My question is to the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister’s glowing reference for the member for Tangney, which was quoted in the West Australian on 6 September 2006. Does the Prime Minister recall praising the member for Tangney’s ‘expertise as a research scientist’? Is the Prime Minister aware that the climate change report from four government members of parliament, including the member for Tangney—
David Hawker (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
Order! The member for Kingsford Smith will be heard.
Cameron Thompson (Blair, Liberal Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
Mr Cameron Thompson interjecting
Peter Garrett (Kingsford Smith, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Heritage) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
Is the Prime Minister aware that the climate change report from four government MPs, including the member for Tangney, released today states:
The evidence that human beings are changing the global climate is certainly not compelling.
It also states:
Another problem with the view that [humans] have caused warming is that warming has also been observed on Mars, Jupiter, Triton, Pluto, Neptune and others.
David Hawker (Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
Order! The member will come to his question.
Peter Garrett (Kingsford Smith, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Climate Change, Environment and Heritage) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
Prime Minister, what planet are these government MPs on?
John Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
Hardly on the planet inhabited by people who hate the Australian coal industry.